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Noun: geniculate body
  1. One of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centres on the way to the cerebral cortex

Derived forms: geniculate bodies

Type of: neural structure

Part of: thalamus

Encyclopedia: Geniculate body