1. a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum; [syn: lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lentiform nucleus
n 1: a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer
reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum [syn:
lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus]