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Noun: lateral geniculate body
  1. A neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
    "Damage to the lateral geniculate body can result in specific visual field defects";
    - corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate

Derived forms: lateral geniculate bodies

Type of: geniculate body

Encyclopedia: Lateral geniculate body