diencephalon

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dī′en sef′ə lon′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•en•ceph•a•lon  (dī′en sef′ə lon′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lons, -la (-lə).USA pronunciation [Anat.]
  1. Anatomythe posterior section of the forebrain.
  • Neo-Latin; see di-3, encephalon
  • 1880–85;
di•en•ce•phal•ic  (dī′en sə fal′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
'diencephalon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
betweenbrain - epithalamus - forebrain - interbrain - parietal eye - pineal apparatus - thalamencephalon - thalamus

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