locus coeruleus

短语

[医]蓝斑

别名

locus caeruleus locus ceruleus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small nucleus, located bilaterally in the pons, which contains norepinephrine and has projections to most of the brain.

    医学

词源

Latin for "blue place", using a Medieval Latin spelling of Classical Latin caeruleus (“blue”). See also Wikipedia for more details.

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