diencephalon

diencephalon

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪənˈsɛfəlɒn/

Noun

diencephalon (plural diencephalons or diencephala)

1. (neuroanatomy) 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.

Synonyms

• 'tweenbrain

Meronyms

• thalamus
• hypothalamus
• epithalamus
• prethalamus
• subthalamus
• pretectum
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Holonyms

• forebrain

Translations

region of the human brain

Azerbaijani: ara beyin Catalan: diencèfal m Czech: mezimozek m Danish: mellemhjernen Dutch: tussenhersen Estonian: vaheaju Finnish: väliaivot (fi) German: Zwischenhirn, Diencephalon (de) n, Dienzephalon n Greek: διεγκέφαλος m (diegkéfalos) Hungarian: köztiagy (hu) Japanese: 間脳 (かんのう, kannō)

Kazakh: аралық ми (aralıq mï) Latvian: starpsmadzenes Lithuanian: tarpinės smegenys Persian: مغز میانجی‎ (mağz miyânji) Polish: międzymózgowie Portuguese: diencéfalo m Russian: промежу́точный мозг (promežútočnyj mozg) Spanish: diencéfalo m Swedish: mellanhjärna (sv), diencefalon (sv) Turkish: ara beyin

See also

• diencephalon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• diencephalon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diencephalon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• diencephalon at OneLook Dictionary Search