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pericalcarine

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Etymology

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From peri- +‎ calcarine.

Adjective

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pericalcarine (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Surrounding the calcar of the brain
    • 2015 September 17, “Improved Framework for Tractography Reconstruction of the Optic Radiation”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The thalamus seed mask used in this study corresponds to the Thalamus-Proper parcellation in the Desikan-Killiany Atlas while the visual cortex target mask was obtained by merging the pericalcarine, cuneus, lateraloccipital, lingual and precuneus parcellations.