diencephalon

English

Diencephalon of an embryonic brain

Etymology

From New Latin diencephalon, from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-, “through”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”).

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

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)
• German: Zwischenhirn (de), Diencephalon (de) n, Dienzephalon 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 (mağz miyânji)
• Polish: międzymózgowie
• 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.
• “diencephalon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “diencephalon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.