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diencephalon

noun

the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon

• Syn: ↑interbrain, ↑betweenbrain, ↑thalmencephalon

• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure

• Part Holonyms: ↑forebrain, ↑prosencephalon

• Part Meronyms:

↑mamillary body, ↑mammillary body, ↑corpus mamillare, ↑infundibulum, ↑third eye, ↑pineal eye, ↑optic nerve, ↑nervus opticus, ↑second cranial nerve, ↑optic tract, ↑pituitary, ↑pituitary gland, ↑pituitary body, ↑hypophysis, ↑basal ganglion, ↑thalamus, ↑hypothalamus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.