postcornu

English

Etymology

post- +‎ cornu

Noun

postcornu (plural postcornua)

1. (anatomy) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
   • 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:

     In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.

References

“postcornu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.