medical Definition of clava
plural clavae
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\ˈklā-ˌvē, ˈkläv-ˌī\
: a clublike structure: as
a
: the fruiting body of some fungi
b
: a slight bulbous enlargement that forms part of the wall of the fourth ventricle of the brain and is the seat of a nucleus contributing axons to the lemniscus
