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diencephalon

noun

Meaning

  1. 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.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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