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neopallium

American  
[nee-oh-pal-ee-uhm] / ˌni oʊˈpæl i əm /

noun

plural

neopallia, neopalliums
  1. neocortex.


Other Word Forms

  • neopallial adjective

Etymology

Origin of neopallium

From New Latin, dating back to 1900–05; see origin at neo-, pallium

Example Sentences

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It should be premised that Elliot Smith divides the brain into rhinencephalon and neopallium.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

This field of cortex surrounding the visuo-sensory of the calcarine-cuneate region is a far newer part of the neopallium than the region it surrounds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

A well-marked rhinal fissure separates the pyriform lobe from the neopallium, while, on the mesial surface, the hippocampal fissure separates the neopallium from the hippocampal area.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The pallium is reptilian in its arrangement, but that part of it which Elliot Smith has named the neopallium is very large, both in the Ornithorynchus and Echidna, a fact very difficult to account for.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

From these latter pass large bands of fibres to the occipital region of the neopallium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various