strio-|ˈstraɪəʊ|used as combining form of stria, in adjs. (Anat. and Phys.) with the sense ‘pertaining to the striatum and something else’, as strio-cerebral; strioˈnigrala., epithet of nerve fibres running from the corpus striatum to the substantia nigra; strioˈpallidala., epithet of nerve fibres running from the neostriatum to the globus pallidus (the palæostriatum).1878tr.Ziemssen's Cycl.Med. XIV. 700 We must speak only of spinal, bulbar, cerebellar, strio-cerebral, cerebro⁓cortical movements, &c.1920S. W. Ranson Anat.Nerv.Syst. xi. 164 The function of the substantia nigra is equally obscure... There terminates within it a bundle, consisting of both direct and crossed fibers from the corpus striatum, the strionigral tract.1937J. H. Globus Pract. Neuroanat. i. 156 Through the red nucleus, the rubrospinal tract is brought in continuity with part of the striopallidal system.1970Brain Res. XVII. 125 As part of an analysis of the intrinsic and extrinsic connections of the caudate nucleus some information has been obtained on the termination of the strio-pallidal and strio-nigral fibres.
strio-/ˈstrʌɪəʊ/combining form of stria, striatum: see -o-.