inferior olive

inferior olive
inferior olive n a large gray nucleus that forms the interior of the olive on each side of the medulla oblongata and has connections with the thalamus, cerebellum, and spinal cord called also inferior olivary nucleus see ACCESSORY OLIVARY NUCLEUS compare SUPERIOR OLIVE

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oliva.

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