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flocculus

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Noun
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floc=cu=lus

CIDE DICTIONARY

flocculusn. [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.].
     A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

flocculus, n. (pl. flocculi)
1 a floccule.
2 Anat. a small ovoid lobe in the under-surface of the cerebellum.
3 Astron. a small cloudy wisp on the sun's surface.

Etymology
mod.L, dimin. of FLOCCUS

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