hypothalamus
See also: Hypothalamus
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Noun edit
hypothalamus (plural hypothalami or hypothalamuses)
- (neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 217:
- To avoid catastrophe, the brain has its trusty control centre, the hypothalamus, which tells the body to cool itself by sweating or to warm itself by shivering.
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a region of the brain, below the thalamus
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Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above
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Noun edit
hypothalamus m inan
- (anatomy) hypothalamus
- Synonym: podhrbolí
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Declension of hypothalamus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hypothalamus | hypothalamy |
genitive | hypothalamu | hypothalamů |
dative | hypothalamu | hypothalamům |
accusative | hypothalamus | hypothalamy |
vocative | hypothalame | hypothalamy |
locative | hypothalamu | hypothalamech |
instrumental | hypothalamem | hypothalamy |
Further reading edit
- hypothalamus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- hypotalamus in Internetová jazyková příručka
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hypothalamus m (plural hypothalamus)
Further reading edit
- “hypothalamus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.