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LGN

LGN is the initialism of lateral geniculate nucleus.

Meaning of lateral geniculate nucleus

Noun

lateral geniculate nucleus

  1. The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.
    Synonyms:
    LGN

Forms of LGN

pluralLGNs

Questions about LGN

What is LGN the initialism of?
LGN is the initialism of lateral geniculate nucleus.

Words near LGN in the dictionary

  1. LGIU
  2. LGk
  3. LGL
  4. LGM
  5. LGMs
  6. LGN
  7. Lgov
  8. LGP
  9. LGPE
  10. LGPL
  11. LGS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LGN (page history and authors); lateral geniculate nucleus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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