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Dictionary: ver·mis   (vûr'mĭs) pronunciation
 
n., pl. -mes (-mēz).

The region of the cerebellum lying between and connecting the two hemispheres.

[New Latin, from Latin, worm.]


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(vûr'mĭs)
n., pl. -mes (-mēz).

The narrow middle zone occurring between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum.

 

[L.] a worm, or wormlike structure.

  • v. cerebelli — the median part of the cerebellum, between the two hemispheres.
  • nodule of v. — the part of the vermis of the cerebellum, on the ventral surface, where the inferior medullary velum attaches.
 
 
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