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lemniscus

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9 lettersPronunciation /lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/Part of speech nounSorted ceilmnssuStarts with LEnds with S0 clues
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  1. a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).

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