Usually means: Cushion-like structure in the brain.
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  1. pulvinar: Collins English Dictionary
  2. pulvinar: Wordnik
  3. pulvinar: Wiktionary
  4. pulvinar: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. pulvinar: Dictionary.com
  6. Pulvinar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Pulvinar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. pulvinar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Pulvinar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pulvinar: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Pulvinar: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulvinar: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Pulvinar: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  6. pulvinar: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pulvinar)

noun:  (anatomy) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
noun:  (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
adjective:  Padded; formed like a cushion.

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