See Also: Parsee(dictionary)
Parsee(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Reil(dictionary)
island of Reil(medicine)
Reil's triangle(medicine)
Reil's ribbon(medicine)
Reil's band(medicine)
Reil's ansa(medicine)
Reil, Johann(medicine)

Reil's ansa (medicine) and Parsee (iou)


Reil's ansa (medicine)


Reil's ansa -->
ansa peduncularis


A complex fibre bundle curving around the medial edge of the internal capsule and connecting the anterior part of the temporal lobe (temporal cortex), amygdala, and olfactory cortex with the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus; it enters the thalamus as a component of the inferior thalamic peduncle which also contains a major part of the fibres connecting the mediodorsal nucleus to the orbitofrontal cortex.

Synonym: peduncular ansa, peduncular loop, Reil's ansa.


Parsee (iou)



Parsee noun & adjective. [p¨»:'si:, 'p¨»:si:] Also Parsi. E17.
[Persian Parsi Persian, from Pars Persia.]
A. noun.
An adherent of Zoroastrianism; spec. a descendant of a group of Zoroastrian Persians who fled to India in the 7th and 8th cents. to escape Muslim persecution. Also called Guebre. E17.
= PAHLAVI noun. L18.
b. adjective. That is a Parsee; of or pertaining to the Parsees or their Religion. Also = PAHLAVI adjective. L17.
Parseeism noun the Religion of the Parsees, Zoroastrianism M19.
'Parsism noun (now US) = Parseeism M19.