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German
Etymology
vor- + Mauer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌmaʊɐ/
- Hyphenation: Vor‧mau‧er
Noun
Vormauer f (genitive Vormauer, plural Vormauern)
- (neuroanatomy) claustrum (thin lamina of grey matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the human brain)
- Synonym: Claustrum n
- 1822, Carl Friedrich Burdach, Vom Baue und Leben des Gehirns, vol. II, div. iii, ch. i, § 181: “Vormauern”, p. 132:
An der äussern Fläche der äussern Capsel, und an der innern Fläche der Belegungsmasse, welche als die Seitenfläche des Stammlappens oder als Insel erscheint, liegt die V o r m a u e r (claustrum) als eine Schicht grauer Substanz, welche dem Linsenkerne parallel sich ersteckt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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