striatum : Idioms & Phrases


Corpus striatum

  • 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
    striatum; striate body.
WordNet
  • pl. Corpora striata . NL., striate body (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Webster 1913