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Definition of Conarium
1. n. The pineal gland.
Definition of Conarium
1. Noun. (anatomy) The pineal gland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conarium
1. the pineal gland [n CONARIA]
Medical Definition of Conarium
1. Synonym: pineal body. Origin: G. Konarion (dim. Of konos, cone), the pineal body (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conarium
Literary usage of Conarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the Central Nervous Organs in Health and Disease by Heinrich Obersteiner (1890)
"(1) conarium (glandula pinealis, epiphysis cerebri). Its connection with the
brain is chiefly effected by a bilateral white column of fibres, ..."
2. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"THE PINEAL GLAND, OR conarium. The pineal gland, also termed epiphysis cerebri,
receives its name because of its supposed resemblance to a fir-cone, ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1822)
"In infants, before the 7th year, it is never found in the substance of the
conarium, but generally in the plate which connects it to the thalami. ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The conarium, figs. 175, 186, 187, tc, is as constant an appendage of the encephalon
in Fishes as the hypophysis ; but it is commonly only a ..."
5. The Anatomy of the central nervous system of man and of vertebrates in general by Ludwig Edinger (1899)
"Now let us briefly consider the glandula pinealis (conarium), or epiphysis, which,
... The conarium contains, in addition to the tubules and an abundant ..."
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