单词 | conarium |
释义 | ‖ conarium|kəʊˈnɛərɪəm| In 7 also conarion. [mod.L. a. Gr. κωνάριον, dim. of κῶνος pine-cone.] The pineal gland of the brain (held by Descartes to be the seat of the soul).
1656H. More Antid. Ath. i. xi. (1712) 33 Is it [the Spirits] themselves, or the Brain, or that particular piece of the Brain they call the Conarion or Pine-kernel? 1667G. C. in H. More's Div. Dial. Pref. (1713) 12 This little sprunt Champion, called the Conarion, (or Nux pinea) within which the Soul is entirely cooped up. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Conarion or conoides..Des Cartes takes occasion to suppose it the immediate place or seat of the soul. 1840G. Ellis Anat. 45 The pineal body or conarium, of a greyish colour, is conical in form. 1880Mahaffy Descartes 177 The soul..must be brought into contact with the body..in the conarium, or pineal gland. |

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