caudal

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Lesions of the caudal area of rabbit medial prefrontal cortex impair trace eyeblink conditioning.

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  1. adjective Of, at, or near the tail or hind parts; posterior: the caudal fin of a fish.
  2. adjective Situated beneath or on the underside; inferior.
  3. adjective Anatomy Similar to a tail in form or function.

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  1. New Latin caudālis, from Latin cauda, tail.

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  1. = F. Spanish caudal = Italian codale, from New Latin caudalis, from Latin cauda, a tail: see cauda.
 

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/ˈkɔdæl/
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