| genial | 1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." "Creator Venus, genial power of love." (Dryden) 2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. "So much I feel my genial spirits droop." (Milton) 3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. "Natural incapacity and genial indisposition." (Sir T. Browne) 4. Denoting or marked with genius belonging to the higher nature. "Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works." (Hare) Genial gods, the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation. Origin: L. Genialis: cf. OF. Genial. See Genius. <anatomy> Same as Genian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| genial tubercle | A slight projection, sometimes two, in the middle line of the posterior surface of the body of the mandible, giving attachment to the geniohyoid muscle (below) and the genioglossus (above). Synonym: spina mentalis, genial tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genian | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence. Origin: Gr. Chin; akin to under jaw. Cf. Chin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| genicula | Plural of geniculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genicular | Commonly used to mean genual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genicular arteries | Arteries contributing to the articular network of the knee. See: descending genicular artery, inferior lateral genicular artery, inferior medial genicular artery, middle genicular artery, superior lateral genicular artery, superior medial genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geniculate | Bent abruptly like a knee joint. (09 Oct 1997) |
| geniculate bodies | Part of the diencephalon inferior to the caudal end of the dorsal thalamus. Includes the lateral geniculate body which relays visual impulses from the optic tract to the calcarine cortex, and the medial geniculate body which relays auditory impulses from the lateral lemniscus to the auditory cortex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geniculate body | See: lateral geniculate body, medial geniculate body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geniculate ganglion | The sensory ganglion of the facial (7th cranial) nerve. The geniculate ganglion cells send central processes to the brainstem and peripheral processes to the taste buds in the anterior tongue, the soft palate, and the skin of the external auditory meatus and the mastoid process. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geniculate neuralgia | A severe paroxysmal lancinating pain deep in the ear, on the anterior wall of the external meatus, and on a small area just in front of the pinna. Synonym: geniculate otalgia, Hunt's neuralgia, neuralgia facialis vera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geniculate otalgia | A severe paroxysmal lancinating pain deep in the ear, on the anterior wall of the external meatus, and on a small area just in front of the pinna. Synonym: geniculate otalgia, Hunt's neuralgia, neuralgia facialis vera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geniculate zoster | Herpes zoster involving the facial and auditory nerves associated with ipsilateral facial paralysis, usually transitory, and herpetic vesicles of the external ear or tympanic membrane, which also may or may not be associated with tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geniculated | Bent abruptly like a knee joint. (09 Oct 1997) |
| geniculatus lateralis nucleus | The lateral one of a pair of small oval masses that protrude slightly from the posteroinferior aspects of the thalamus; its main (dorsal) subdivision serves as a processing station in the major pathway from the retina to the cerebral cortex, receiving fibres from the optic tract and giving rise to the geniculocalcarine radiation to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe. Synonym: corpus geniculatum laterale, corpus geniculatum externum. (05 Mar 2000) |