Lemniscus Definition

lĕm-nĭskəs
lemnisci
noun
A band of sensory nerve fibers in the central nervous system, usually terminating in the thalamus.
Webster's New World

(zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

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Noun

Singular:
lemniscus
Plural:
lemnisci

Origin of Lemniscus

  • Latin lēmniscus ribbon from Greek lēmniskos perhaps from Lēmnos , Lemnos

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

  • Latin. See lemniscata.

    From Wiktionary

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