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Definition of Splenium
1. n. The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.
Definition of Splenium
1. Noun. (anatomy) The rounded posterior extremity of the brain's corpus callosum. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A compress or bandage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Splenium
1. a surgical bandage [n -NIA]
Medical Definition of Splenium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenium
Literary usage of Splenium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"It is on that account called the pad, or splenium. The anterior border is bent
downward and then backward, sweeping through 180 degrees of flexion ..."
2. Select Discussions of Race Problems: A Collection of Papers of Especial Use by J A Bigham (1916)
"From this line he erected two perpendiculars, one just in front of the genu and
one just behind the splenium. The distance between the two perpendiculars ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1902)
"There is a disagreement between the extent of the hemispherical lesion and that
of the so-called degeneration of the splenium on the side opposite to the ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"... splenium (s), but the fimbria continues its upward course in front of the
splenium. It thus becomes separated from the fascia dentata by the splenium. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"The splenium of the corpus callosum with the adjacent structures (Fig. 18). Fig.
18. ... The splenium is absolutely much smaller than in the normal brain. ..."
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