diencephalons
Meaning of diencephalons
plural noun
the caudal (posterior) part of the forebrain, containing the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and ventral thalamus and the third ventricle.
late 19th century: from di-3 ‘across’ + Greek enkephalos ‘brain’.
Information about diencephalons
- It is a name.
- The singular form of diencephalons is: diencephalon.
- Languages in which diencephalons is used:
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Hyphenation of diencephalons
di-en-cephalons
- It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
- diencephalons is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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