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subthalamus

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

the ventral part of the thalamus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: neural structure

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English thalamus English subthalamus From sub- + thalamus.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹側丘腦 /腹侧丘脑 (fùcè qiūnǎo) — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丘腦底部 /丘脑底部 (qiūnǎo dǐbù) — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Finnish: subtalamus — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Greek: επιθαλάμια χώρα (epithalámia chóra) — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Hungarian: szubtalamusz — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Polish: niskowzgórze — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus
  • Spanish: subtálamo — part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus