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vermis

vermis noun: a narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.

Noun

vermis (plural vermes)

  1. A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.

vermis meaning in Tamil

vermis in Tamil

புழுஒத்த உடல், புழுவனையம்

Forms of vermis

pluralvermes

Origin of vermis

From Latin vermis (“worm”), from Proto-Italic *wormis, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Doublet of worm.

Words formed from vermis

Questions about vermis

What does vermis mean?
Vermis means a narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
What is vermis in Tamil?
Vermis in Tamil is புழுஒத்த உடல், புழுவனையம். See Vermis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vermis?
Vermis is a noun.
What is the plural of vermis?
The plural of vermis is vermes.

Words near vermis in the dictionary

  1. vermins
  2. verminy
  3. vermiparous
  4. vermiphobia
  5. vermipost
  6. vermis
  7. vermisol
  8. vermisols
  9. vermistabilization
  10. vermistatin
  11. vermivore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vermis (page history and authors); vermis (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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