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lucerne(2) (iou)



lucerne noun2. Also lucern. M17.

A leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, cultivated for fodder, which bears blue to violet flowers and trifoliate leaves. Also called alfalfa.
TOWNSVILLE lucerne.

nuclei cochleares (medicine)


nuclei cochleares


The nucleus cochlearis dorsalis and nucleus cochlearis ventralis, located on the dorsal and lateral surface of the inferior cerebellar peduncle, in the floor of the lateral recess of the rhomboid fossa. They receive the incoming fibres of the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve and are the major source of origin of the lateral lemniscus or central auditory pathway.

Synonym: cochlear nuclei, nuclei nervi cochlearis.