postcornu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
postcornu (plural postcornua)
- (anatomy) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
- 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:
- In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.
References[edit]
“postcornu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.