lemniscus

[ lem-nis-kuh s ]

/ lɛmˈnɪs kəs /

noun, plural lem·nis·ci [lem-nis-ahy, -nis-kee] /lɛmˈnɪs aɪ, -ˈnɪs ki/. Anatomy.

a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.

Nearby words

lemminkäinen, lemmoblast, lemmocyte, lemnian, lemniscate, lemniscus, lemnitzer, lemnos, lemon, lemon balm, lemon cheese

Origin of lemniscus

1840–50; < New Latin, special use of Latin lēmniscus pendent ribbon < Greek lēmnískos ribbon

Also called fillet, laqueus.

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British Dictionary definitions for lemniscus

lemniscus

/ (lɛmˈnɪskəs) /

noun plural -nisci (-ˈnɪsaɪ, -ˈnɪskiː)

anatomy a technical name for fillet (def. 9)

Word Origin for lemniscus

C19: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek lēmniskos ribbon

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Medicine definitions for lemniscus

lemniscus

[ lĕm-nĭs′kəs ]

n. pl. lem•nis•ci (-nĭs′ī′, -nĭs′kī′, -nĭs′kē)

A bundle of nerve fibers ascending from sensory nuclei in the spinal cord and the rhombencephalon to the thalamus.