geniculate body (n)

n05487423

type n
lex_filenum 08
def one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
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Hypernym neural structure
Part holonym thalamus
Hyponym lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate; medial geniculate body, corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate
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Hyponym neural structure
Hypernym lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate; medial geniculate body, corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate
Part meronym thalamus

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