superior colliculus

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   an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex

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   Part ofmidbrain

Questions about superior colliculus

What does superior colliculus mean?

superior colliculus means "an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex".

Is superior colliculus a common word?

superior colliculus 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.