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corpus stri·a·tum (strī āt′əm)

Anat. either of two striated ganglia in front of the thalamus in each half of the brain

Etymology: ModL, lit., striated body

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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