noun
pl. -·nis′ci a band of sensory nerve fibers in the central nervous system, usually terminating in the thalamus
Origin of lemniscus
Modern Latin from L, hanging ribbon from Classical Greek l?mniskos, ribbonlemniscus
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lemniscus
noun
pl. lem·nis·ci, AnatomyA bundle or band of sensory nerve fibers.
Origin of lemniscus
Latin lēmniscus ribbon from Greek lēmniskos perhaps from Lēmnos , LemnosTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural lemnisci)
- (zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
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Origin
Latin. See lemniscata.
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lemniscus - Medical Definition
n.
pl. lemnisci (-nĭs′ī′, -nĭs′kī′, -nĭs′kē)Anatomy
A bundle or band of sensory nerve fibers.
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