BASAL GANGLION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of several masses of subcortical gray matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
   Hypernyms(s) basal ganglion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ganglion (what does ganglion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • amygdala (what does amygdala mean?)
   • amygdaloid nucleus (what does amygdaloid nucleus mean?)
   • corpus amygdaloideum (what does corpus amygdaloideum mean?)
   • caudate nucleus (what does caudate nucleus mean?)
   • caudate (what does caudate mean?)
   • claustrum (what does claustrum mean?)
   • lenticular nucleus (what does lenticular nucleus mean?)
   • lentiform nucleus (what does lentiform nucleus mean?)
   • pallidum (what does pallidum mean?)
   • globus pallidus (what does globus pallidus mean?)
   • paleostriatum (what does paleostriatum mean?)
   • putamen (what does putamen mean?)
   • corpus striatum (what does corpus striatum mean?)
   • striatum (what does striatum mean?)
   • striate body (what does striate body mean?)