hypothalamus
Meaning of hypothalamus
noun
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.
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Hyphenation of hypothalamus
hy-po-thal-a-mus
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- hypothalamus is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of hypothalamus
- Spanish: hipotálamo
- French: hypothalamus
- Italian: ipotalamo
- Portuguese: hipotálamo
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