diencephalon

English

Etymology

From New Latin diencephalon, from di-, prevocalic form of dia- +‎ encephalon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪənˈsɛfəlɒn/

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ̯.ənˈsɛfəlɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ̯.ənˈsɛfəlɑn/

Noun

diencephalon (plural diencephalons or diencephala)

1. (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.

Synonyms

• interbrain
• 'tweenbrain
• twixtbrain

Meronyms

• thalamus
• hypothalamus
• epithalamus
• prethalamus
• subthalamus
• pretectum
• See also Thesaurus:diencephalon

Holonyms

• forebrain

Translations

region of the human brain

Azerbaijani: ara beyin Catalan: diencèfal m Czech: mezimozek m Danish: mellemhjernen Dutch: tussenhersen Estonian: vaheaju Finnish: väliaivot (fi) French: diencéphale (fr) m German: Zwischenhirn (de), Diencephalon (de) n, Dienzephalon (de) n Greek: διεγκέφαλος m (diegkéfalos) Hungarian: köztiagy (hu) Italian: diencefalo Japanese: 間脳 (ja) (かんのう, kannō) Kazakh: аралық ми (aralyq mi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: demaxê navber m, navberedemax m Latvian: starpsmadzenes Lithuanian: tarpinės smegenys Persian: مغز میانجی (maġz miyânji) Polish: międzymózgowie (pl) Portuguese: diencéfalo m Russian: промежу́точный мозг (promežútočnyj mozg) Sicilian: dincèfalu Spanish: diencéfalo m Swedish: mellanhjärna (sv), diencefalon (sv) Turkish: ara beyin Vietnamese: não trung gian, não giữa

See also

• diencephalon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “diencephalon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “diencephalon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “diencephalon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.