2 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)]
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