SINCE 1828
stria terminalis
noun
stria ter·mi·na·lis
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Medical Definition of stria terminalis
: a bundle of nerve fibers that passes from the amygdala along the demarcation between the thalamus and caudate nucleus mostly to the anterior part of the hypothalamus with a few fibers crossing the anterior commissure to the amygdala on the opposite side
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