| periventricular leukomalacia |
damage to the white matter of the brain near the ventricles.
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| periventricular |
Pert. to the area surrounding or near the ventricles, esp. the ventricles of the brain.
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| periventricular f.’s |
fibrae periventriculares.
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| periventricular l. |
bilateral necrosis of the white matter of the brain adjacent to the lateral ventricles, seen in the neonatal period, especially in premature newborns, and manifested by chalky, yellowish-white plaques in the white matter, with proliferation of astrocytes and microglia; cyst formation may lead to multicystic encephalopathy.
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| periventricular s. |
collective name for the efferent pathways of the hypothalamus that arise mainly in the supraoptic, posterior, and tuberal nuclei and descend in the periventricular gray matter.
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