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vermis
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vermis /ver·mis/ (ver´mis) [L.] a wormlike structure, particularly the vermis cerebelli.
vermis cerebel´li  the median part of the cerebellum, between the two lateral hemispheres.
ver·mis (vûrms)
n. pl. ver·mes (-mz)
The narrow middle zone occurring between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum.
vermis
[vur′mis] pl. vermes
Etymology: L
1 a worm.
2 a structure resembling a worm, such as the median lobe of the cerebellum. vermiform, adj.
vermis
[L.] a worm, or wormlike structure.
vermis cerebelli
the median part of the cerebellum, between the two hemispheres.
nodule of vermis
the part of the vermis of the cerebellum, on the ventral surface, where the inferior medullary velum attaches.


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Abnormal T2 relaxation time in the cerebellar vermis of adults sexually abused in childhood: potential role of the vermis in stress-enhanced risk for drug abuse, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2002, 27(1-2): 231-244; and Bensley LS et al.
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He has found changes in the left hemisphere of the brain as well as in particular structures, such as the corpus callosum, the band of fibres connecting the two halves of the brain, and the cerebellar vermis, an esoteric structure of the cerebellum.
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Five years later, as a result of recurrence of the tumor, the patient had repeat surgery (debulking of residual grade I glioma located in the middle and superior cerebellar vermis and extending to the floor of the fourth ventricle) (Fig.
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