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Lyra - What does it mean?

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lyra

English

Noun

  • (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
  • * 1840 , Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)
    • The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.
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