OPTIC RADIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optic radiation mean? 

• OPTIC RADIATION (noun)
  The noun OPTIC RADIATION has 1 sense:

1. a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

  Familiarity information: OPTIC RADIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTIC RADIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

optic radiation; radiatio optica

Hypernyms ("optic radiation" is a kind of...):

nerve pathway; nerve tract; pathway; tract (a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain)