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noun
The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neural structure
History
From New Latin diencephalon, from di-, prevocalic form of dia- + encephalon.
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