thalamencephalon

English

Etymology

From thalamo- +‎ encephalon.

Noun

thalamencephalon (plural thalamencephala)

1. (archaic, anatomy) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body.

Synonyms

• diencephalon
• interbrain

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thalamencephalon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)