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transtegmental

transtegmental adjective: across or through a tegmentum.

Adjective

transtegmental (not comparable)

  1. Across or through a tegmentum
    • The dorsal raphe forebrain tract is a ventral transtegmental efferent pathway coursing through the midbrain forebrain bundle (MFB) and mainly terminating within the striatum [17 ,18 ].2015 September 18, “Effect of MDMA-Induced Axotomy on the Dorsal Raphe Forebrain Tract in Rats: An In Vivo Manganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transtegmental

From trans- + tegmental.

Questions about transtegmental

What does transtegmental mean?
Transtegmental means across or through a tegmentum.
What part of speech is transtegmental?
Transtegmental is an adjective.

Words near transtegmental in the dictionary

  1. transtadial
  2. transtadially
  3. transtainer
  4. transtainers
  5. transtastic
  6. transtegmental
  7. transtegumental
  8. transtelephonic
  9. transtelephonically
  10. transtemporal
  11. transtemporality

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