vermis
Americannoun
plural
vermesnoun
Etymology
Origin of vermis
1885–90; < New Latin; Latin: worm; so called from its shape
Example Sentences
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Therefore, the researchers investigated the possibility that Bergmann glial cells in the cerebellar vermis regulate the volume of aggression in mice.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
Microvacuolar degeneration in the molecular layer was more prominent in the vermis than in the cerebellar hemisphere.
From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015
The vermis is referred to as the spinocerebellum because it primarily receives input from the dorsal columns and spinocerebellar pathways.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The midline is composed of the vermis and the flocculonodular lobe, and the hemispheres are the lateral regions.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Dry is the epidermis, A vein no longer bleeds— And the communis vermis Upon the warrior feeds.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
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