vermis

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.

Similar words

paravermis pars intercerebralis myelomere mesencephalon mesocoel afterbrain centrocoel terma interspine midbrain

Often followed by

and of is in or are cerebelli was with

Word family

vermes vermises