CAUDATE, CAUDATED, CAUDEX
n.In botany, the stem of a tree. Linne uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a seed, one part ascending and forming the body above ground, the other descending and putting forth roots.
CAUDATE; CAUDATED
Cau "date, Cau "da *ted. a. Etym: [L. cauda tail. ]
caudate
cau date |ˈkôˌdāt ˈkɔdeɪt | ▶adjective 1 Anatomy relating to or denoting the caudate nucleus. 2 Zoology (of an animal ) having a tail. ▶noun short for caudate nucleus. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin caudatus, from cauda ‘tail. ’
caudate nucleus
cau date nu cle us ▶noun Anatomy the upper of the two gray nuclei of the corpus striatum in the cerebrum of the brain.
caudate |ˈkɔːdeɪt | ▶adjective 1 Anatomy relating to or denoting the caudate nucleus. 2 Zoology (of an animal ) having a tail. ▶noun short for caudate nucleus. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin caudatus, from cauda ‘tail ’.
caud |ate nu |cleus ▶noun Anatomy the upper of the two grey nuclei of the corpus striatum in the cerebrum of the brain.
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