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Etymology

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From post- +‎ cornu.

Noun

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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.

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