psalloid, a. Anat.
(ps-, ˈsælɔɪd)
[ad. mod.L. psalloīdēs, irreg. f. Gr. ψάλλειν (see psalm) + εἶδος form: see -oid.]
Resembling a stringed instrument: applied to a part of the fornix of the brain (corpus psalloïdes), from the lines on it suggesting the strings of a musical instrument, whence also called lyra (see lyra 4).
| [1756 Douglas tr. Winslow's Struct. Hum. Body (ed. 4) II. 245 For which reason the Ancients called it Psalloides and Lyra. 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Psalloides... Applied..to the inner surface of the fornix of the brain.] 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex. 1029/1 Resembling a psalter, harp, or cithara: psalloid. 1895 Syd. Soc. Lex., Psalloid... Resembling a harp in shape. |