praecornu

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noun

The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

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Meanings

nounpraecornu (plural praecornua)

plural praecornua

  1. anatomyThe anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

    In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.

    1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums
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