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CLAUSTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does claustrum mean?
• CLAUSTRUM (noun)
The noun CLAUSTRUM has 1 sense:
1. a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus
Familiarity information: CLAUSTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("claustrum" 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)
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