(n)one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
(n)a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex, Syn.lateral geniculate, corpus geniculatum laterale
(n)a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, Syn.medial geniculate, corpus geniculatum mediale
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a. [ L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee. ] Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]