geniculate
Americanadjective
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having kneelike joints or bends.
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bent at a joint like a knee.
adjective
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biology bent at a sharp angle
geniculate antennae
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having a joint or joints capable of bending sharply
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of geniculate
1660–70; < Latin geniculātus knotted, equivalent to genicul ( um ) small knee; knot ( gen ( u ) knee + -i- -i- + -culum -cule 1 ) + -ātus -ate 1
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The first half of the pathway is the projection from the RGCs through the optic nerve to the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus on either side.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The majority of the connections of the optic tract are to the thalamus—specifically, the lateral geniculate nucleus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus receives the auditory information and then projects that information to the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Aug.–Oct.—Varies extremely in size and appearance, the culms erect and simple, or decumbent, geniculate and branched; in depauperate forms the spikelets only ¾´´, in the larger forms 1½´´ in length.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The stems are glabrous, creeping and somewhat prostrate at the base, and the upper portion is erect, 3 to 4 feet long, and rooting at the nodes in the geniculate portion of the stem.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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