Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diencephalon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diencephalon \Di`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See {Dia-}, and
{Encephalon}.] (Anat.)
The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated
to dien. See {Thalamencephalon}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diencephalon
n : the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the
cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon [syn: {interbrain},
{betweenbrain}, {thalmencephalon}]
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