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lem⋅nis⋅cus

  [lem-nis-kuhs]
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–noun, plural -nis⋅ci  [-nis-ahy, -nis-kee] . Anatomy.
a band of fibers, esp. of white nerve fibers in the brain.
Also called fillet, laqueus.

Origin:
1840–50; < NL, special use of L lēmniscus pendent ribbon < Gk lēmnískos ribbon
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lem·nis·cus   (lěm-nĭs'kəs)   
n.   pl. lem·nis·ci (-nĭs'ī', -nĭs'kī', -nĭs'kē) Anatomy
A bundle or band of sensory nerve fibers.

[Latin lēmniscus, ribbon, from Greek lēmniskos, perhaps from Lēmnos, Lemnos.]
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Main Entry: lem·nis·cus
Pronunciation: lem-'nis-k&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural lem·nis·ci /-'nis-"(k)I, -'nis-"kE/
: a band of fibers and especially nerve fibers called also fillet; —see LATERAL LEMNISCUS, MEDIAL LEMNISCUS —lem·nis·cal /-k&l/ adjective
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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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