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extrastriatum

extrastriatum noun: the region outside of the corpus striatum.

Noun

extrastriatum (plural extrastriata)

  1. The region outside of the corpus striatum
    • In the case of the weaker stimulus, this expansion was spatially limited, whereas in the case of the stronger stimulus, the foci kept expanding, fused together and covered a wide cortical area including V1 and the extrastriatum.2015 August 1, “In Vivo Voltage-Sensitive Dye Study of Lateral Spreading of Cortical Activity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Induced by a Current Impulse”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of extrastriatum

pluralextrastriata

Origin of extrastriatum

From extra- + striatum.

Questions about extrastriatum

What does extrastriatum mean?
Extrastriatum means the region outside of the corpus striatum.
What part of speech is extrastriatum?
Extrastriatum is a noun.
What is the plural of extrastriatum?
The plural of extrastriatum is extrastriata.

Words near extrastriatum in the dictionary

  1. extrastomachal
  2. extrastomachic
  3. extrastriatal
  4. extrastriatally
  5. extrastriate
  6. extrastriatum
  7. extrastriolar
  8. extrastructural
  9. extrasubsegmental
  10. extrasurgical
  11. extrasyllabic

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