Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thalamus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thalamus \Thal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Thalami}. [L. thalamus chamber,
Gr. qa`lamos.]
1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the
third ventricle of the brain; -- called also {optic
thalamus}.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Same as {Thallus}.
(b) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thalamus
n : large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the
dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
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