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Noun: inferior colliculus
  1. An essential auditory centre in the midbrain
    "The inferior colliculus plays a role in sound localization"

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], nerve center [US], nerve centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: mesencephalon, midbrain

Encyclopedia: Inferior colliculus