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striatums

striatums is the plural of striatum.

Meaning of striatum

Noun

striatum (plural striatums or striata)

  1. The caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus considered as a single structure.
    • Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).2006 June 25, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, “An Anti-Addiction Pill?”, in The New York Times Magazine
    Synonyms:
    corpus striatum

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Questions about striatums

What is striatums the plural of?
Striatums is the plural of striatum.

Words near striatums in the dictionary

  1. striatopunctate
  2. striatosome
  3. striatosomes
  4. striatothalamic
  5. striatum
  6. striatums
  7. striature
  8. striatures
  9. Strib
  10. Stribling
  11. Striblings

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