• Oliva

    Full definition of oliva

    Noun

    oliva

    1. (anatomy) olivary body
      • 1998, R. Nieuwenhuys, ‎Hendrik Jan Donkelaar, ‎Charles Nicholson, The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates: With Posters (page 1562)The medial part of the ventral lamina forms the most rostral pole of the oliva, the dorsal lamina the most caudal one.----
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