1. pathway(n = noun.body) nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract - a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain;
is a kind of substantia alba, white matter
has particulars: optic radiation, radiatio optica, commissure, cerebral peduncle, peduncle
2. pathway(n = noun.artifact) footpath - a trodden path;
is a kind of path
A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death." [1913 Webster]
"We tread the pathway arm in arm." [1913 Webster]
pathway, n.
1 a path or its course.
2 Biochem. etc. a sequence of reactions undergone in a living organism.
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