See Also: rhombencephalic gustatory nucleus(medicine)
gustatory nucleus(medicine)
thalamic gustatory nucleus(medicine)
rhombencephalic isthmus(medicine)
rhombencephalic tegmentum(medicine)
transverse rhombencephalic flexure(medicine)
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mush(medicine)
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mush 1, noun (oh) and rhombencephalic gustatory nucleus (medicine)


mush 1, noun (oh)



[singular, U] an unpleasant soft substance, especially Food, which is partly liquid and partly solid
::The boiled Vegetables had turned to mush .
::She trudged through the mush of fallen leaves.
turn/go to mush
if your brains, heart etc turn to mush, you cannot think clearly or sensibly
::If you watch too much TV, your brains will turn to mush.
[U] AmE a thick porridge made from cornmeal
[U] a book, Film etc that is about love and is sentimental
::poetry and mush like that

rhombencephalic gustatory nucleus (medicine)


rhombencephalic gustatory nucleus


The rostral one-third of the nucleus of solitary tract, receiving afferents from the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves conveying impulses originating from the receptor cells of the taste buds.