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INFERIOR COLLICULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior colliculus mean?
• INFERIOR COLLICULUS (noun)
The noun INFERIOR COLLICULUS has 1 sense:
1. an essential auditory center in the midbrain
Familiarity information: INFERIOR COLLICULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An essential auditory center in the midbrain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("inferior colliculus" is a kind of...):
center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)
Holonyms ("inferior colliculus" is a part of...):
mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)
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