lemniscus

[lem-nis-kuh s] /lɛmˈnɪs kəs/

noun, plural lemnisci

[lem-nis-ahy, -nis-kee] /lɛmˈnɪs aɪ, -ˈnɪs ki/ (Show IPA). Anatomy

a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.

Also called fillet, laqueus.

Origin

1840-50; < Neo-Latin, special use of Latin lēmniscus pendent ribbon < Greek lēmnískos ribbon

British Dictionary definitions for lemniscus

lemniscus

/lɛmˈnɪskəs/

noun (pl) -nisci (-ˈnɪsaɪ; -ˈnɪskiː)

(anatomy) a technical name for fillet (sense 9)

Word Origin

C19: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek lēmniskos ribbon

Word Origin and History for lemniscus

1811, from Late Latin lemniscus "a pendent ribbon." from Greek lemniskos "woolen ribbon," perhaps originally or literally "of Lemnos," island in the Aegean. Related: Lemniscate (1781).

lemniscus in Medicine

lemniscus lem·nis·cus (lěm-nĭs'kəs)
n. pl. lem·nis·ci (-nĭs'ī', -nĭs'kī', -nĭs'kē)
A bundle of nerve fibers ascending from sensory nuclei in the spinal cord and the rhombencephalon to the thalamus.