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diencephalon

di·en·ceph·a·lon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dahy-en-sef-uh-lon]
    • /ˌdaɪ ɛnˈsɛf əˌlɒn/
    • /dˈiːnsɪfˌalən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dahy-en-sef-uh-lon]
    • /ˌdaɪ ɛnˈsɛf əˌlɒn/

Definitions of diencephalon word

  • noun plural diencephalon the posterior section of the forebrain. 2
  • noun diencephalon The caudal (posterior) part of the forebrain, containing the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and ventral thalamus and the third ventricle. 2
  • noun diencephalon the part of the brain that includes the basal ganglia, thalamus, hypothalamus, and associated areas 1
  • noun diencephalon the posterior end of the forebrain, including the thalami and hypothalamus 1
  • noun diencephalon (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. 1
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Origin of diencephalon

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
From New Latin, dating back to 1880-85; See origin at di-3, encephalon

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A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • betweenbrain

    the posterior part of the forebrain

  • epithalamus

    A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.

  • forebrain

    Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.

  • interbrain

    the diencephalon.

  • parietal eye

    Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.

  • pineal apparatus

    a median outgrowth of the roof of the diencephalon in vertebrates that in some develops into the pineal eye and in others into the pineal gland.
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