pericalcarine

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adjective

Surrounding the calcar of the brain

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Meanings

adjectivepericalcarine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomySurrounding the calcar of the brain

    The thalamus seed mask used in this study corresponds to the Thalamus-Proper parcellation in the Desikan-Killiany Atlas while the visual cortex target mask was obtained by merging the pericalcarine, cuneus, lateraloccipital, lingual and precuneus parcellations.

    2015 September 17, “Improved Framework for Tractography Reconstruction of the Optic Radiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From peri- + calcarine.

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APA

pericalcarine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericalcarine

MLA

“pericalcarine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericalcarine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pericalcarine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericalcarine.

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