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lemniscus

lemniscus · lemniscuses · lemnisci

One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the AcanthocephalaOne of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

/lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/

Значення

значень: 3

One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.
a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

Походження

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́sko

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).

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