VERMIS (vermes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vermes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vermis mean? 

• VERMIS (noun)
  The noun VERMIS has 1 sense:

1. the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres

  Familiarity information: VERMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

vermis; vermis cerebelli

Hypernyms ("vermis" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("vermis" is a part of...):

cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)

 Context examples 

A medulloblastoma arising from the vermis of the cerebellum.

(Cerebellar Vermis Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Either side of the cerebellum separated by the vermis.

(Hemisphere of the Cerebellum, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare genetic syndrome characterized by the hypoplasia or absence of the cerebellar vermis.

(Joubert Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital brain malformation disorder characterized by agenesis or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, and enlargement of the posterior fossa.

(Dandy-Walker Malformation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the hypoplasia or absence of the cerebellar vermis.

(Joubert Syndrome Type 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel that is the terminal branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery supplying the inferior vermis.

(Inferior Vermian Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The main portion of the superior part of each hemisphere of the cerebellum, corresponding to the monticulus of the vermis; it is divided into two portions, the anterior and the posterior crescentic lobules, corresponding to the culmen and the declive of the vermis.

(Lobus Quadratus, NCI Thesaurus)