corpus striatum

1. 1.

   a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus

   Synonymsstriatumstriate body

   Broaderbasal ganglion

   Partscaudate nucleuslenticular nucleus

Questions about corpus striatum

What does corpus striatum mean?

corpus striatum means "a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus".

What is another word for corpus striatum?

Close synonyms include striatum, striate body. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corpus striatum a common word?

corpus striatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.