basal ganglion
basal ganglion
nounDefinition of BASAL GANGLION
: any of four deeply placed masses of gray matter (as the amygdala) in each cerebral hemisphere —called also basal nucleus
First Known Use of BASAL GANGLION
circa 1889
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