extralemniscal

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adjective

In addition to the lemniscal (system) (deals with cruder levels of touch and pressure, pain and temperature)

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Meanings

adjectiveextralemniscal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn addition to the lemniscal (system) (deals with cruder levels of touch and pressure, pain and temperature)

    In the extralemniscal pathway, the ventral tier of VPM projects mainly to L4 and L6 [67 ] in the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2).

    2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From extra- + lemniscal.

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APA

extralemniscal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extralemniscal

MLA

“extralemniscal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extralemniscal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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