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THALAMUS (thalami)

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• THALAMUS (noun)
The noun THALAMUS has 1 sense:

1. large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon

Familiarity information: THALAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

• THALAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thalamus" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "thalamus"):

geniculate body (one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex)

subthalamus (the ventral part of the thalamus)

Holonyms ("thalamus" is a part of...):

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

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