Meanings
plural striatums · plural striata
- anatomyThe caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus considered as a single structure.
Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).
2006 June 25, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, “An Anti-Addiction Pill?”, in The New York Times MagazineSynonyms: corpus striatum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus considered as a single structure.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
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striatum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striatum
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