subthalamic nucleus

1. 1.

   an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body

   Broadernucleus

   Part ofsubthalamus

Questions about subthalamic nucleus

What does subthalamic nucleus mean?

subthalamic nucleus means "an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body".

Is subthalamic nucleus a common word?

subthalamic 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.