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Alt. of Quadrigeminous
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- a. Alt. of Quadrigeminous
- Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
- a. Alt. of Quadrigeminous