2.splenial border, the posterior border of the corpus callosum; hence splenial sulcus, etc.
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1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The splenial border of the corpus callosum.
1904 W. L. H. DuckworthStudy Anthropol. Lab. 67 On the mesial aspect of the hemisphere [of the brain] the pars genualis of the splenial sulcus is not visible.