Usually means: Band of sensory nerve fibers.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 23 dictionaries that define the word lemniscus:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. lemniscus: Merriam-Webster
  2. lemniscus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. lemniscus: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lemniscus: Vocabulary.com
  5. lemniscus: Wordnik
  6. lemniscus: Wiktionary
  7. lemniscus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lemniscus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lemniscus: Dictionary.com
  10. Lemniscus (anatomy), Lemniscus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Lemniscus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. lemniscus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. lemniscus: Rhymezone
  14. lemniscus: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lemniscus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lemniscus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Lemniscus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lemniscus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lemniscus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lemniscus: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. lemniscus: Medical dictionary

(Note: See lemniscal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lemniscus)

noun:  (zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
noun:  A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
noun:  (anatomy) A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to lemniscus

Usage examples for lemniscus

Idioms related to lemniscus

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing lemniscus

Words that often appear near lemniscus

Rhymes of lemniscus

Invented words related to lemniscus

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux