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colliculothalamocortical

colliculothalamocortical adjective: in mammals, utilising the neural pathway for retinal information that runs from the retina, through the superior colliculus, to the thalamus, and thence to the visual cortex.

Adjective

colliculothalamocortical (not comparable)

  1. In mammals, utilising the neural pathway for retinal information that runs from the retina, through the superior colliculus, to the thalamus, and thence to the visual cortex.

Origin of colliculothalamocortical

From colliculo- + thalamocortical.

Questions about colliculothalamocortical

What does colliculothalamocortical mean?
Colliculothalamocortical means in mammals, utilising the neural pathway for retinal information that runs from the retina, through the superior colliculus, to the thalamus, and thence to the visual cortex.
What part of speech is colliculothalamocortical?
Colliculothalamocortical is an adjective.

Words near colliculothalamocortical in the dictionary

  1. colliculo-
  2. colliculofugal
  3. colliculogeniculate
  4. colliculoretinal
  5. colliculose
  6. colliculothalamocortical
  7. colliculus
  8. colliculuses
  9. collide
  10. collided
  11. collider

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