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noun
A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vermis cerebelli
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Broader terms: neural structure
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis English vermis From Latin vermis (“worm”), from Proto-Italic *wormis, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Doublet of worm.
