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- New Latin · derived fromdiencephalon
- English todaydiencephalon
From New Latin diencephalon, from di-, prevocalic form of dia- + encephalon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diencephalon
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
New Latin diencephalon