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INFERIOR COLLICULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior colliculus mean? 

INFERIOR COLLICULUS (noun)
  The noun INFERIOR COLLICULUS has 1 sense:

1. an essential auditory center in the midbrainplay

  Familiarity information: INFERIOR COLLICULUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFERIOR COLLICULUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An essential auditory center in the midbrain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("inferior colliculus" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("inferior colliculus" is a part of...):

mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)


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