Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caudate_nucleus

1 sense of caudate nucleus

Sense 1
caudate nucleus, caudate -- (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)
       => basal ganglion -- (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)