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

1 sense of striatum

Sense 1
corpus striatum, striatum, striate body -- (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)
       => 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)