thalamus
Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
Other meanings
The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
An inner room or nuptial chamber.
A kind of
- neural structure
Related words
- metathalamus
- neothalamus
- palaeothalamus
- polythalamous
- prethalamus
- subthalamus
- hypothalamus
- thalamectomy
- thalamic
- thalamically
Word history
From Ancient Greek "θάλαμος" (an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thalamus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.