flocculus

flocculus /floc·cu·lus/ (flok´u-lus) pl. floc´culi   [L.]

1. a small tuft or mass, as of wool or other fibrous material.

2. a small mass on the lower side of each cerebral hemisphere, continuous with the nodule of the vermis.floc´cular

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floc·cu·lus (flky-ls)

n. pl. floc·cu·li (-l)

1. A small fluffy mass or tuft.

2. Either of a pair of small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum, forming part of the vestibular part of the cerebellum.

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flocculus [flok´u-lus] (pl. floc´culi) (L.)

1. a small tuft, as of wool or similar material, or small mass of other fibrous material such as one of the flakes of a flocculent solution.

2. one of the small paired, partially detached lateral lobules continuous with the nodule of the cerebellum, separated from each cerebellar hemisphere by a fissure; they form part of the flocculonodular lobe.

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flocculus

pl. flocculi [L.]

1. a small tuft or mass, as of wool or other fibrous material.

2. a small mass on the lower side of each cerebellar hemisphere, continuous with the nodule of the vermis.