Definition of "pulvinar" [pul•vi•nar]

• A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. (noun)

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• "[827] An assumption of divinity, as the pulvinar was the consecrated bed, on which the images of the gods reposed."
• "Medially it presents an angular prominence, the pulvinar, which is continued laterally into an oval swelling, the lateral geniculate body, while beneath the pulvinar, but separated from it by the superior brachium, is a second oval swelling, the medial geniculate body."
• "Vivamus vitae eros gravida quam pulvinar sollicitudin."