claustrum

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claustrum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

claustrum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  claustrum
      n 1: a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the
           lenticular nucleus