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hypothalamus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: neural structure

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English thalamus English hypothalamus From hypo- + thalamus.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hipotalamusi — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Arabic: تَحْت اَلْمِهَاد (taḥt al-mihād) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Arabic: وِطَاء (wiṭāʔ) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Arabic: هَايْبُوثَلَامُوس (hāybūṯalāmūs) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Armenian: հիպոթալամուս (hipotʻalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Asturian: hipotálamu — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Azerbaijani: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Basque: hipotalamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Belarusian: гіпаталамус (hipatalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Bengali: হাইপোথ্যালামাস (haipōtthalamaś) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Bulgarian: хипоталамус (hipotalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Catalan: hipotàlem — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 下丘腦 /下丘脑 (haa6 jau1 nou5) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下丘腦 /下丘脑 (xiàqiūnǎo) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Czech: hypothalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Czech: podhrbolí — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Dhivehi: ހައިޕޯތަލަމަސް (haipōtalamas) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Dutch: hypothalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Esperanto: hipotalamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Finnish: hypotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • French: hypothalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Galician: hipotálamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Georgian: ჰიპოთალამუსი (hiṗotalamusi) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • German: Hypothalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Greek: υποθάλαμος (ypothálamos) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Haitian Creole: ipotalamis — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Hebrew: הִיפּוֹתָלָמוּס — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Hindi: अधश्चेतक (adhaścetak) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Hungarian: hipotalamusz — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Icelandic: undirstúka — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Icelandic: heiladyngjubotn — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Indonesian: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Irish: hipeatalamas — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Italian: ipotalamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Japanese: 視床下部 (shishōkabu) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Javanese: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Korean: 시상하부 (sisanghabu) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Central Kurdish: ژێرلانک (jêrlank) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Northern Kurdish: hîpotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Kyrgyz: гипоталамус (gipotalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Latvian: hipotalāms — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Lithuanian: pagumburis — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Macedonian: хипоталамус (hipotalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Malay: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Occitan: ipotalam — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Persian: هیپوتالاموس (hipotâlâmus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Polish: podwzgórze — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Portuguese: hipotálamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Punjabi: ਹਿਪੋਥੈਲੇਮਸ (hipothailemas) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Romanian: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Russian: гипотала́мус (gipotalámus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Serbo-Croatian: хипота̀ламус — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Serbo-Croatian: hipotàlamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Slovak: podlôžko — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Slovak: hypotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Slovene: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Spanish: hipotálamo — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Sundanese: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Swedish: hypotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Tamil: ஐப்போத்தலாமசு (aippōttalāmacu) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Thai: ไฮโปทาลามัส (hai bpoh taa laa mát) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Turkish: hipotalamus — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Ukrainian: гіпоталамус (hipotalamus) — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Vietnamese: vùng dưới đồi — a region of the brain, below the thalamus
  • Welsh: hypothalamws — a region of the brain, below the thalamus