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peristriate

peristriate adjective: around the striatum.

Adjective

peristriate (not comparable)

  1. Around the striatum
    • This pattern of grey matter atrophy included the parastriate and peristriate occipital lobe cortices (BA18 and BA19 respectively) and the posterior part of the temporal lobes (superior temporal gyrus BA22, BA41) and of parietal lobes (angular gyrus BA39, precuneus and superior parietal lobule BA7).2015 October 20, “Usefulness of Multi-Parametric MRI for the Investigation of Posterior Cortical Atrophy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of peristriate

From peri- + striate.

Questions about peristriate

What does peristriate mean?
Peristriate means around the striatum.
What part of speech is peristriate?
Peristriate is an adjective.

Words near peristriate in the dictionary

  1. peristomia
  2. peristomial
  3. peristomium
  4. peristrephic
  5. peristriatal
  6. peristriate
  7. peristylar
  8. peristyle
  9. peristyled
  10. peristyles
  11. peristylia

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