Lemniscus

[lem-nis-kuh s] /lɛmˈnɪs kəs/

noun, plural lemnisci
[lem-nis-ahy, -nis-kee] /lɛmˈnɪs aɪ, -ˈnɪs ki/ (Show IPA). Anatomy.
1.
a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
/lɛmˈnɪskəs/
noun (pl) -nisci (-ˈnɪsaɪ; -ˈnɪskiː)
1.
(anatomy) a technical name for fillet (sense 9)
n.

1811, from Late Latin lemniscus “a pendent ribbon.” from Greek lemniskos “woolen ribbon,” perhaps originally or literally “of Lemnos,” island in the Aegean. Related: Lemniscate (1781).

lemniscus lem·nis·cus (lěm-nĭs’kəs)
n. pl. lem·nis·ci (-nĭs’ī’, -nĭs’kī’, -nĭs’kē)
A bundle of nerve fibers ascending from sensory nuclei in the spinal cord and the rhombencephalon to the thalamus.

Read Also:

Lemnitzer
[lem-nit-ser] /ˈlɛm nɪt sər/ noun 1. Lyman Louis [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1988, U.S. army officer; chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960–63; supreme allied commander NATO 1963–69.
Lemnos
[lem-nos, -nohs; Greek leem-naws] /ˈlɛm nɒs, -noʊs; Greek ˈlim nɔs/ noun 1. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina. /ˈlɛmnɒs/ noun 1. a Greek island in the N Aegean Sea: famous for its medicinal earth (Lemnian seal). Chief town: Kastron. Pop: 18 104 (2001). Area: 477 sq […]
Lemon
[lem-uh n] /ˈlɛm ən/ noun 1. the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon. 2. the tree itself. 3. . 4. Informal. a person or thing that proves to be defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory; dud: His car turned out to be a lemon. adjective 5. made of or with lemon. 6. having […]

Lemonade
[lem-uh-neyd, lem-uh-neyd] /ˌlɛm əˈneɪd, ˈlɛm əˌneɪd/ noun 1. a beverage consisting of juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated. /ˌlɛməˈneɪd/ noun 1. a drink made from lemon juice, sugar, and water or from carbonated water, citric acid, etc n. 1660s, from French limonade (17c.); see lemon (n.1) + -ade. Earlier English spelling was lemonado (c.1640) with […]
Lemonade-berry
noun 1. a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.