splenium

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin splēnium (plaster, patch), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēníon, pad or compress of linen).

Pronunciation

Noun

splenium (plural spleniums or splenia)

  1. (anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēníon, pad or compress of linen), from σπλήν (splḗn, milt, spleen) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

splēnium n (genitive splēniī or splēnī); second declension

  1. (botany) Miltwaste, spleenwort.
  2. A plaster or patch, for its likeness to the spleen in form and color.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative splēnium splēnia
genitive splēniī
splēnī1
splēniōrum
dative splēniō splēniīs
accusative splēnium splēnia
ablative splēniō splēniīs
vocative splēnium splēnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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