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Main Entry: perforated substance
Function: noun
: any of three small areas on the lower surface of the brain that are perforated by many small openings for blood vesselsand that are situated two anteriorly at the commencement of the sylvian fissure and one posteriorly between the mammillary bodies in front and the cerebral peduncles laterally called also perforatedspace, perforate space
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perforated substance n.
Either of the two perforated substances of the brain, designated anterior and posterior. Also called perforated space.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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