claustrum

American  

[klaw-struhm, klau-] / ˈklɔ strəm, ˈklaʊ- /

noun

Anatomy.

• claustra
  plural

1. barrier.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• claustra
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of claustrum

1840–50; < New Latin; Latin: bolt, barrier, equivalent to claud ( ere ) to close, shut + -trum instrumental suffix; cf. cloister

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Example Sentences

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The key nodes of the network identified by the researchers were putamen, amygdala and claustrum located deep within the brain, and the connections between them.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

Through this coordinated sequence of opposing actions, the two neurotransmitters toggle the transfer of information between the claustrum and the rest of the brain, like a switch.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

Targeting treatments—like deep brain stimulation—to the claustrum, though, may be a helpful advance for those with Parkinson’s disease.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018

In the case of the claustrum and Parkinson’s disease, only time will tell.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018

A monastery without a library was considered as a fort or a camp deprived of the necessary articles for its defence: "claustrum sine armario, quasi castrum sine armentario."

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Omnia tum vero vitai claustra lababant;+ and soon the cold was mounting with sure pace from the dead feet to the head.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Walter Pater

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