lenticulostriate

adjective

Relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum

“lenticulostriate infarction”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivelenticulostriate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyRelating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum

    The adjacent region included the operculum, lenticulostriate nucleus, extreme capsule, and claustrum, whereas the remote region involved other areas within the MCA territory except for those assigned to the adjacent region.

    2015 October 22, “Cardioembolism and Involvement of the Insular Cortex in Patients with Ischemic Stroke”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. not comparableanatomyRelating to the lenticulostriate arteries (a group of small arteries arising at the commencement of the middle cerebral artery) or the territory supplied by those arteries.

    lenticulostriate infarction

nounlenticulostriate (plural lenticulostriates)

plural lenticulostriates

  1. A lenticulostriate artery

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Spanish lenticuloestriado
  • lenticuloestriadorelating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum
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