postcommissure

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English

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ commissure.

Noun

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postcommissure (plural postcommissures)

  1. (anatomy) A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
    • 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:
      By gently moving its caudal end , its ventro-cephalic angle will be found to be continuous with the mesocælian roof by a curved and corrugated lamina, the POSTCOMMISSURE

References

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postcommissure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.