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paleostriatum

noun pa·leo·stri·a·tum

variants: or British palaeostriatum play \-strī-ˈāt-əm\

medical Definition of paleostriatum

plural paleostriata play \-tə\

: the phylogenetically older part of the corpus striatum consisting of the globus pallidus

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