A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: fillet ] [also: lemnisci (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lemniscus \Lem*nis"cus\ (l[e^]m*n[i^]s"k[u^]s), n.; pl. Lemnisci (-s[imac]) n.[L. See Lemniscata .] (Zo["o]l.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A lemniscus ( Greek for ribbon or band) is used as an anatomic term to describe a bundle of secondary sensory fibres in the brainstem . It can refer to the medial lemniscus or lateral lemniscus which terminate in specific relay nuclei of the diencephalon ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) One of two oval body hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1811, from Late Latin lemniscus "a pendent ribbon," from Greek lemniskos "woolen ribbon," perhaps originally or literally "of Lemnos," island in the Aegean. Related: Lemniscate (1781).