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parabrachial

parabrachial adjective: of or relating to a horseshoe-shaped strip of grey matter in the brain, comprising the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus, the lateral parabrachial nucleus, and the medial parabrachial nucleus.

Adjective

parabrachial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a horseshoe-shaped strip of grey matter in the brain, comprising the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus, the lateral parabrachial nucleus, and the medial parabrachial nucleus.

Origin of parabrachial

From para- + brachial, referring to the brachia conjunctiva, or superior cerebellar peduncle.

Words formed from parabrachial

Questions about parabrachial

What does parabrachial mean?
Parabrachial means of or relating to a horseshoe-shaped strip of grey matter in the brain, comprising the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus, the lateral parabrachial nucleus, and the medial parabrachial nucleus.
What part of speech is parabrachial?
Parabrachial is an adjective.

Words near parabrachial in the dictionary

  1. parabosonic
  2. parabosons
  3. parabotanist
  4. parabotanists
  5. parabotulism
  6. parabrachial
  7. parabrake
  8. parabrakes
  9. parabranchia
  10. parabranchial
  11. parabrandtite

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