See Also: vein of corpus striatum(medicine)
corpus striatum(medicine)
lateral medullary lamina of corpus striatum(medicine)
medial medullary lamina of corpus striatum(medicine)
dorsal vein of corpus callosum(medicine)
striatum(dictionary)
striatum(medicine)
Striatum(health)
atrophoderma striatum(medicine)
Corynebacterium striatum(medicine)

gimmick (iou) and vein of corpus striatum (medicine)


gimmick (iou)



gimmick noun & verb. Orig. US slang. E20.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. A tricky or ingenious device (orig. in gambling or conjuring); esp. a contrivance, gadget, idea, etc., adopted for the purpose of attracting attention or publicity. E20.
I. Brown Many comedians have their gimmicks, either as catch-phrase, theme-song, or bit of 'business'. attrib.: Punch Refuse to buy all goods with attached gimmick offers.
b. verb trans. Provide with a gimmick; alter or tamper with. M20.
D. Bagley I wasn't stupid enough to search Slade's luggage..He would have gimmicked it so that he could tell.
gimmickry noun (a) the use of a gimmick or gimmicks; (b) gimmicks collectively: M20.
gimmicky adjective employing or characterized by a gimmick or gimmicks; designed to attract attention or publicity: M20.

vein of corpus striatum (medicine)


vein of corpus striatum -->
superior thalamostriate vein
<anatomy, vein> A long vein passing forward in the groove between the thalamus and caudate nucleus, covered by the lamina affixa, receiving the transverse caudate veins along its lateral side, and joining at the caudal wall of Monro's foramen with the choroidal vein and vein of septum pellucidum to form the internal cerebral vein.

Synonym: vena terminalis, vena thalamostriata superior, terminal vein, vein of corpus striatum.