Claustrum Definition

klôstrəm, klou-
claustrum
noun
Any of several anatomical structures resembling a barrier, especially the thin vertical layer of gray matter of the brain that lies close to the outer portion of the lentiform nucleus, from which it is separated by the external capsule.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Claustrum

  • New Latin from Latin bar, barrier, enclosed place cloister

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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