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postcommissure

postcommissure noun: a transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.

Noun

postcommissure (plural postcommissures)

  1. A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
    • By gently moving its caudal end , its ventro-cephalic angle will be found to be continuous with the mesocælian roof by a curved and corrugated lamina, the POSTCOMMISSURE1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums

Forms of postcommissure

pluralpostcommissures

Origin of postcommissure

From post- + commissure.

Questions about postcommissure

What does postcommissure mean?
Postcommissure means a transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
What part of speech is postcommissure?
Postcommissure is a noun.
What is the plural of postcommissure?
The plural of postcommissure is postcommissures.

Words near postcommissure in the dictionary

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