SUBTHALAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subthalamus mean? 

• SUBTHALAMUS (noun)
  The noun SUBTHALAMUS has 1 sense:

1. the ventral part of the thalamus

  Familiarity information: SUBTHALAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBTHALAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ventral part of the thalamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("subthalamus" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "subthalamus"):

subthalamic nucleus (an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body)

Holonyms ("subthalamus" is a part of...):

thalamus (large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon)