2. Adjective. (medicine) of the cortical association fibres that pass between nonadjacent convolutions of the brain ¹
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Medical Definition of Transilient
1. Jumping across; passing over; pertaining to those cortical association fibres in the brain that pass from one convolution to another nonadjacent one. Origin: L. Trans-silio, to leap across, fr. Salio, to leap (05 Mar 2000)