lentiform nucleus

What does lentiform nucleus mean?

lentiform nucleus means "a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum".

What is another word for lentiform nucleus?

Close synonyms include lenticular nucleus. 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 lentiform nucleus a common word?

lentiform nucleus 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lentiform nucleus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.