medicornu
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin medius (“middle”) + cornu (“horn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]medicornu (plural medicornua)
- (anatomy) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
- 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:
- In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.
References
[edit]“medicornu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.