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Webster 1913 Edition
Splenium
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Sple′ni-um
,Noun.
[L., a plaster, a patch, from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a bandage, compress.]
(Anat.)
The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; – so called in allusion to its shape.
Definition 2024
splenium
splenium
English
Noun
splenium (plural splenia)
- (anatomy) The rounded posterior extremity of the brain's corpus callosum.
- (medicine) A compress or bandage.