geniculoextrastriate

adjective

Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.

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Meanings

adjectivegeniculoextrastriate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.

    Moreover, there is evidence that the pathways which are proposed as processing spatial properties in blindsight—the geniculoextrastriate visual pathway and collicular pathways—also process (chromatic or achromatic) color.

    2007 April 27, Peter W. Ross, “Common sense about qualities and senses”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI

Origin

From geniculo- + extrastriate.

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Anagrams

extrageniculostriate
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