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Lemniscus
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| a glandular organ functioning in the secretion of bile and metabolic processes such as converting sugars located in the upper right abdominal cavity |
| the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina |
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| lemniscus (lɛmˈnɪskəs) | |
| —n , pl -nisci | |
| anatomy a technical name for fillet | |
| [C19: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek lēmniskos ribbon] | |
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lemniscus lem·nis·cus (lěm-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.
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