striatum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
    striate body; corpus striatum.

WordNet


Stri*a"tum noun
Etymology
NL.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The corpus striatum.

Webster 1913