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paraterminal

paraterminal adjective: over or above a terminus.

Adjective

paraterminal (not comparable)

  1. Over or above a terminus.
    • Vacuolation was scored on a scale of 0–5 in the following brain areas: 1, dorsal medulla; 2, cerebellum; 3, midbrain; 4, hypothalamus; 5, thalamus; 6, hippocampus; 7, septal nuclei of the paraterminal body; 8 caudal cerebral cortex; and 9, rostral cerebral cortex.2015 October 15, “Transmissibility of H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Hamster PrP Transgenic Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paraterminal

From para- + terminal.

Questions about paraterminal

What does paraterminal mean?
Paraterminal means over or above a terminus.
What part of speech is paraterminal?
Paraterminal is an adjective.

Words near paraterminal in the dictionary

  1. paraterga
  2. paratergal
  3. paratergite
  4. paratergites
  5. paratergum
  6. paraterminal
  7. paraterraform
  8. paraterraformation
  9. paraterraforming
  10. paratesticular
  11. paratext

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