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pulvinar

pulvinar noun: a prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Noun

pulvinar (plural pulvinars)

  1. A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
  2. (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.

Adjective

pulvinar (comparative more pulvinar, superlative most pulvinar)

  1. Padded; formed like a cushion.
  2. Of or pertaining to the pulvinar.

pulvinar meaning in Tamil

pulvinar in Tamil

உலகப்பிற்பக்கமுனையெழுச்சி

Forms of pulvinar

Noun
pluralpulvinars
Adjective
comparativemore pulvinar
superlativemost pulvinar

Origin of pulvinar

Borrowed from Latin pulvīnar (“a cushion”).

Words formed from pulvinar

Questions about pulvinar

What does pulvinar mean?
Pulvinar means a prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
What is pulvinar in Tamil?
Pulvinar in Tamil is உலகப்பிற்பக்கமுனையெழுச்சி. See Pulvinar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pulvinar?
Pulvinar can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of pulvinar?
The plural of pulvinar is pulvinars.

Words near pulvinar in the dictionary

  1. pulvillios
  2. pulvillus
  3. pulvimixer
  4. pulvimixers
  5. pulvinae
  6. pulvinar
  7. pulvinars
  8. pulvinate
  9. pulvinated
  10. pulvinately
  11. pulvini

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pulvinar (page history and authors); pulvinar (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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