Thalami

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thalamus \Thal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Thalami}. [L. thalamus chamber,
     Gr. qa`lamos.]
     1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the
        third ventricle of the brain; -- called also {optic
        thalamus}.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Bot.)
        (a) Same as {Thallus}.
        (b) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thalamus
       n : large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the
           dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
       [also: {thalami} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thalami
       See {thalamus}