Splenium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Splenium \Sple"ni*um\, n.[L., a plaster, a patch, from Gr. ????
     a bandage, compress.] (Anat.)
     The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so
     called in allusion to its shape.
     [1913 Webster]