- periaqueductal
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per·i·aq·ue·duc·tal (pĕr'ē-ăk'wĭ-dŭkʹtəl)
adj.
Situated around the aqueduct of the brain:
the periaqueductal gray matter.
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Universalium. 2010.
periaqueductal
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