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

1 sense of lentiform nucleus

Sense 1
lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus -- (a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum)
       => 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)