Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
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- noun anatomy The
posterior horn of eachlateral ventricle of thebrain .
Etymologies
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post- + cornu
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The posterior cornu (cornu posterius; postcornu) (Figs. 737, 788) passes into the occipital lobe, its direction being backward and lateralward, and then medialward.
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