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Definition of "geniculate" [ge•nic•u•late]

  • Bent abruptly, as a knee. (adjective)
  • Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "geniculate" in a sentence
  • "In 1999, researchers from Berkley and Harvard inserted electrodes into the brains of anesthetized cats that monitored the activity of 177 neurons located in the lateral geniculate nucleus, a key visual processing center."
  • "This signal is then processed through four other layers of the retina and passes through the optic nerve to the lateral geniculate nucleus."
  • "It is basically shingles of the geniculate ganglion, and it explains every single one of the patient's symptoms!"