corpus geniculatum laterale

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1. a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex (noun.body)

hypernym	:	geniculate body,
definition	:	one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex (noun.body)