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DENTATE NUCLEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dentate nucleus mean?
• DENTATE NUCLEUS (noun)
The noun DENTATE NUCLEUS has 1 sense:
1. a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere
Familiarity information: DENTATE NUCLEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("dentate nucleus" is a kind of...):
nucleus (any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord)
Holonyms ("dentate nucleus" is a part of...):
cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)
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