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lenticulostriate

lenticulostriate adjective: relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum.

Adjective

lenticulostriate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum
    • The adjacent region included the operculum, lenticulostriate nucleus, extreme capsule, and claustrum, whereas the remote region involved other areas within the MCA territory except for those assigned to the adjacent region.2015 October 22, “Cardioembolism and Involvement of the Insular Cortex in Patients with Ischemic Stroke”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Relating to the lenticulostriate arteries (a group of small arteries arising at the commencement of the middle cerebral artery) or the territory supplied by those arteries.
    • lenticulostriate infarction

Noun

lenticulostriate (plural lenticulostriates)

  1. A lenticulostriate artery

Synonyms of lenticulostriate

Forms of lenticulostriate

plurallenticulostriates

Origin of lenticulostriate

From lenticulo- + striate.

Questions about lenticulostriate

What does lenticulostriate mean?
Lenticulostriate means relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum.
What part of speech is lenticulostriate?
Lenticulostriate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lenticulostriate in the dictionary

  1. lenticulated
  2. lenticule
  3. lenticules
  4. lenticulocapsular
  5. lenticulostriatal
  6. lenticulostriate
  7. lenticulostriates
  8. lenticulothalamic
  9. lentiform
  10. lentiform nucleus
  11. lentigenome

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