Medical Dictionary

optic radiation

noun

Medical Definition of OPTIC RADIATION

:  any of several neural radiations concerned with the visual function; especially :  one made up of fibers from the pulvinar and the lateral geniculate body to the cuneus and other parts of the occipital lobe

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