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STRIATUM

Definition: STRIATUM

STRIATUM

Noun

1. The corpus striatum.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Striatum \Stri*a"tum\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: STRIATUM

DomainDefinition

Medicine

A higher brain's domain thus called because of its stripes. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Striatum

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The striatum is a subcortical part of the brain consisting of the caudate nucleus and the putamen. It is part of the basal ganglia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Striatum."

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Crosswords: STRIATUM

English words defined with "STRIATUM": thalamostriate vein. (references)
Specialty definitions using "STRIATUM": Antiparkinson AgentsDeprenylNeostriatum, Nucleus Accumbensselegiline. (references)

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Commercial Usage: STRIATUM

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Theory of the Striatum (reference)

  • Advancing from the Ventral Striatum to the Extended Amygdala: Implications for Neuropsychiatry and Drug Abuse (Annals of the New York Academy of scie (reference)

  • Psychobiology of the striatum (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: STRIATUM

Illustrations:
STRIATUM

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Photo Album: STRIATUM

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Blood agar plate culture of Corynebacterium striatum. Credit: CDC.

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Non-Fiction Usage: STRIATUM

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

See basal ganglia, striatum. (references)

The striatum is composed of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and ventral striatum. (references)

Scientists do not yet know exactly how these changes affect subsets of nerve cells outside the striatum. (references)

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Usage Frequency: STRIATUM

"STRIATUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "STRIATUM" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: STRIATUM

Expression using "STRIATUM": Corpus striatum. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: STRIATUM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

striatum

4

corpus striatum

2
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Modern Translation: STRIATUM

Language Translations for "STRIATUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

corpus striatum (corpus striatum). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gestreept lichaam (corpus striatum), corpus striatum (basal ganglia, corpus striatum). (various references)

   

French

  

striatum, corps strié (corpus striatum). (various references)

   

German

  

Streifenkörper, Corpus striatum (corpus striatum). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ραβδωτό σώμα (corpus striatum). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corpo striatum, corpo striato. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iatumstray

   

Spanish

  

cuerpo estriado (corpus striatum). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: STRIATUM

Misspellings

"STRIATUM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scriptum, seriatum, striatus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "STRIATUM"

Words rhyming with "STRIATUM" (pronounced 'Stri*a"tum'): Aconitum, Adiantum, Amentum, Arboretum, Datum, Fretum, frustum, mentum, Mesonotum, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Metanotum, momentum, Multum, Notum, Oblatum, Omentum, Petrolatum, Pilentum, Pinetum, Plebiscitum, Postfactum, Postulatum, Prescutum, Prolatum, Pronotum, Punctum, Quantum, Quotum, rectum, sanctum, Sarcoseptum, scrotum, Scutum, septum, sputum, stratum, Submentum, substratum, tomentum, ultimatum, Uncinatum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: STRIATUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-m-r-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: atriums, stratum, turista.

-2 letters: artist, atrium, aurist, autism, strait, strati, struma, traits, truism.

-3 letters: airts, amirs, arums, astir, auris, mairs, maist, marts, matts, mauts, mitts, muras, mutts, ramus, simar, sitar, smart, stair, start, stria, strum, strut, sturt, sutra, sutta, tamis, tarsi, tarts, tauts, trait, trams, trims, trust.

-4 letters: aims, airs, airt, aits, amir, amis.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-m-r-s-t-t-u"
 

+2 letters: maturities, micturates, mutilators, nasturtium, stimulator, traumatise, traumatism.

 

+3 letters: autoerotism, gutturalism, marquisette, maturations, miniaturist, multitracks, nasturtiums, natatoriums, outsmarting, restimulate, stimulators, stimulatory, suprematist, tautomerism, transmuting, traumatised, traumatises, traumatisms, traumatizes.

 

+4 letters: autoerotisms, curtailments, gutturalisms, immaturities, instrumental, magistrature, marquisettes, masturbating, masturbation, matriculants, matriculates, menstruating, menstruation, metallurgist, miniaturists, misattribute, nimbostratus, permutations, restimulated, restimulates, stratocumuli, suprematists, tautomerisms, tetrazoliums, traumatising, triumphalist, triumvirates, ultraleftism.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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