claustrum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus

WordNet

Claus"trum noun
Etymology
L., a bolt or bar.
Wordforms
plural Claustra
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.

Webster 1913