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SUBTHALAMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subthalamus mean?
• SUBTHALAMUS (noun)
The noun SUBTHALAMUS has 1 sense:
1. the ventral part of the thalamus
Familiarity information: SUBTHALAMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ventral part of the thalamus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("subthalamus" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Meronyms (parts of "subthalamus"):
subthalamic nucleus (an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body)
Holonyms ("subthalamus" is a part of...):
thalamus (large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon)
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