CAUDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caudate mean? 

• CAUDATE (noun)
  The noun CAUDATE has 2 senses:

1. a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

2. amphibians that resemble lizards

  Familiarity information: CAUDATE used as a noun is rare.

• CAUDATE (adjective)
  The adjective CAUDATE has 2 senses:

1. having a tail or taillike appendage

2. (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip

  Familiarity information: CAUDATE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUDATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caudate; caudate nucleus

Hypernyms ("caudate" is a kind of...):

basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Holonyms ("caudate" is a part of...):

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)

Derivation:

caudate (having a tail or taillike appendage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Amphibians that resemble lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

caudate; urodele

Hypernyms ("caudate" is a kind of...):

amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)

Holonyms ("caudate" is a member of...):

Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)

• CAUDATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a tail or taillike appendage

Synonyms:

caudate; caudated

Similar:

bobtail; bobtailed (having a short or shortened tail)

caudal; taillike (resembling a tail)

tailed (having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination)

scaly-tailed (having a scaly tail)

scissor-tailed ((of birds) having a deeply forked tail)

short-tailed (having a short tail)

square-tailed (having a square tail)

stiff-tailed (having a stiff tail)

swallow-tailed ((especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow)

tail-shaped (shaped like the tail of an animal)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Antonym:

acaudate (lacking a tail or taillike appendage)

Derivation:

caudate (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip

Similar:

simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

 Context examples 

The brain area that is composed of the caudate nucleus and putamen.

(Neostriatum, NCI Thesaurus)

Clusters of neurons comprising the globus pallidus, putamen, caudate, nucleus accumbens, substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus.

(Basal Ganglia, NCI Thesaurus)

The gray substance is made up of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus.

(Corpus Striatum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A large, cone-shaped area of gray matter within the basal ganglia comprised of the globus pallidus and putamen that is surrounded primarily by the caudate nucleus and the thalamus.

(Lenticular Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

The arteries branching off of the horizontal or M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery in both hemispheres that supply the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus.

(Lateral Lenticulostriate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers discovered that overall brain volume and the volumes of five regions in particular — the caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus — were smaller in people with ADHD than in others, with the biggest difference occurring in the amygdala.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Within these studies, MRI scans measured each participant's overall brain volume plus the volume of seven brain regions thought to be linked to ADHD: the pallidum, thalamus, caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)