GENICULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geniculate mean? 

• GENICULATE (adjective)
  The adjective GENICULATE has 1 sense:

1. bent at a sharp angle

  Familiarity information: GENICULATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENICULATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bent at a sharp angle

Similar:

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other important targets include the superior colliculi and the suprachiasmatic nuclei.

(Murine Optic Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The geniculate ganglion cells send central processes to the brain stem and peripheral processes to the taste buds in the anterior tongue, the soft palate, and the skin of the external auditory meatus and the mastoid process.

(Geniculate Ganglion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)