aqueduct of Sylvius

aqueduct of Sylvius
/sil"vee euhs/, Anat.
a canal in the midbrain, connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
[named after Sylvius, Latinized name of Jacques Dubois (d. 1555), French anatomist]

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