subthalamic nucleus

English Thesaurus

1. an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body (noun.body)

hypernym	:	cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus,
definition	:	a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction (noun.body)

part meronym	:	subthalamus,
definition	:	the ventral part of the thalamus (noun.body)