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connectome
 n.— «Much better accuracy will be required before researchers can build automated systems for finding “connectomes,” complete maps of connections in a brain or a piece of a brain.» —“Connectomics” by Sebastian Seung Dana Foundation Nov. 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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