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Webster 1913 Edition


Flocculus


Floc′cu-lus

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Noun.
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pl.
Flocculi
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[NL., dim. of L.
floccus
a lock or flock of wool.]
(Anat.)
A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.

Definition 2024


flocculus

flocculus

English

Noun

flocculus (plural flocculi)

  1. A small fluffy tuft
  2. (anatomy) Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum
  3. (astronomy) A marking on the surface of the sun associated with a solar prominence