lemniscus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lemniscus
    n 1: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
         [syn: {lemniscus}, {fillet}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lemniscus \Lem*nis"cus\ (l[e^]m*n[i^]s"k[u^]s), n.; pl.
   {Lemnisci} (-s[imac]) n.[L. See {Lemniscata}.] (Zool.)
   One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the
   body in the Acanthocephala.
   [1913 Webster]