claustral

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claustral - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Claustral \Claus"tral\, a. [F., fr. LL. claustralis, fr. L.
     claustrum. See Cloister.]
     Cloistral. --Ayliffe
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  Claustrum \Claus"trum\, n.; pl. Claustra. [L., a bolt or bar.]
     (Anat.)
     A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of
     the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.
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