lateral geniculate

1. 1.

   a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex

   Synonymslateral geniculate bodycorpus geniculatum laterale

   Broadergeniculate body

Questions about lateral geniculate

What does lateral geniculate mean?

lateral geniculate means "a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex".

What is another word for lateral geniculate?

Close synonyms include lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale. 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.