See Also: Basal nuclei(health)
basal nuclei(medicine)
Nuclei(medicine)
Nuclei(health)
nuclei raphes(medicine)
nuclei tegmenti(medicine)
nuclei terminationis(medicine)
nuclei tuberales(medicine)
parabrachial nuclei(medicine)
cerebellar nuclei(medicine)

lapidescent (iou) and basal nuclei (medicine)


lapidescent (iou)



lapidescent adjective. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
[Latin lapidescent- pa. ppl stem of lapidescere become stony, formed as LAPIDEOUS: see -ESCENT.]
That is in the process of becoming stone; (of spring water etc.) tending to turn into stone, petrifying.
lapidescence noun M17-L18.

basal nuclei (medicine)


basal nuclei
Nucleus of the cerebral hemisphere that originally included the caudate and lenticular nuclei, the claustrum and the amygdaloid body (complex); functionally the term basal nuclei now specifies the caudate and lenticular nuclei and adjacent cell groups having important connections therewith (subthalamic nucleus; substantia nigra, partes compacta and reticulata); amygdaloid complex now known to be part of the limbic system.

Synonym: nuclei basales.