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Definition: Thalamus |
ThalamusNoun1. Large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thalamus" was first used: 1753. (references) |
Etymology: Thalamus \Thal"a*mus\, noun; plural Thalami. [Latin expression thalamus chamber, Greek qa`lamos.]. (references) |
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Health | Paired bodies containing mostly gray substance and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle of the brain. The thalamus represents the major portion of the diencephalon and is commonly divided into cellular aggregates known as nuclear groups. (references) |
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The thalamus is a part of the brain. It is located in the center of the brain, beneath the cerebral hemispheres and next to the third ventricles. It is formed of grey matter and can be thought of as a relay station for nerve impulses in the brain.
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Crosswords: Thalamus |
| English words defined with "thalamus": anterior cerebral artery ♦ corpus striatum ♦ fillet, fornix ♦ geniculate body ♦ lemniscus ♦ Pulvinar ♦ striate body, Subthalamic ♦ Thalami, Thalamic, thalamocortical, thalamostriate vein ♦ visual area, visual cortex. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thalamus": Anterior Thalamic Nuclei ♦ Brain Neoplasms ♦ effecting output station, Epithalamus ♦ Geniculate Bodies ♦ Hearing Loss, Central ♦ Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei ♦ Lateral Thalamic Nuclei ♦ Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus, Midline Thalamic Nuclei ♦ Posterior Thalamic Nuclei, Prefrontal Cortex ♦ sensory pathway, Subthalamus ♦ Thalamic Nuclei. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thalamus": Thalamencephalon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Thalamus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (thalamus), Dutch (thalamus), German (thalamus), Latin (inner chamber, thalamus). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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Health | Speech disturbance is a special risk accompanying this procedure, since the thalamus lies near brain structures that help control speech. (references) | |
The most common destination in the brain for pain signals is the thalamus and from there to the cortex, the headquarters for complex thoughts. (references) | ||
Deep brain or intracerebral stimulation is considered an extreme treatment and involves surgical stimulation of the brain, usually the thalamus. (references) | ||
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| "Thalamus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Thalamus" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.74% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "thalamus": optic thalamus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thalamus | 67 |
thalamus function | 6 |
brain thalamus | 5 |
thalamus tumor | 4 |
nucleus thalamus | 4 |
gland thalamus | 3 |
ab network thalamus | 2 |
stroke thalamus | 2 |
thalamus treatment tumor | 2 |
hypothalamus thalamus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "thalamus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | стая за жени, чашка (bell, calyx, chalice, cup, drink, envelope, peg, pony, receptacle, shot). (various references) | |
Danish | thalamus. (various references) | |
Dutch | thalamus. (various references) | |
French | thalamus (m), thalamus. (various references) | |
German | Thalamus. (various references) | |
Hungarian | telep (battery, bed, estate, pile, plantation, ranch, settlement, yard). (various references) | |
Italian | talamo (floral bud, receptacle, torus). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 視床 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ししょう (anthology, cabinetmaker, casualties, difficulty, embezzlement, hindrance, impediment, injuries and deaths, master, obstacle, poetry and prose, puncture wound, stab, stabbing, stimulation, teacher, unlicensed prostitute, woodworker). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alamusthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tálamo. (various references) | |
Russian | таламус (thalami). (various references) | |
Spanish | tálamo mediodorsal (mediodorsal thalamus). (various references) | |
Swedish | dorsomediala thalamus (mediodorsal thalamus). (various references) | |
Turkish | talamus, talam, beyindeki sinir ucu, çiçek tablası (floral receptacle, receptacle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | thalamos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | thalamus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "thalamus": hypothalamus. (additional references) | |
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"Thalamus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thalmus, thalumus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thalamus" (pronounced tha"lumus) |
| 4 | -u m u s | animus, anonymous, autonomous, blasphemous, hippopotamus, infamous, magnanimous, monogamous, polygamous, synonymous, unanimous, venomous. |
| 3 | -m u s | dermis, enormous, epidermis, famous, grimace, humus, ignoramus, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, posthumous, premise, primus, promise, pumice, ramus, Shamas, shamus, thermos. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-m-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: hamauls, malthas. | |
-2 letters: almahs, asthma, halmas, hamals, hamaul, haulms, maltha, matsah, tamals, ulamas. | |
-3 letters: almah, almas, alums, amahs, atlas, atmas, halma, halms, halts, hamal, haulm, hauls, hulas, lamas, laths, malts, maths, mauls, mauts, musth, sault, shalt, shaul, smalt, talas, talus, tamal, ulama. | |
-4 letters: aahs, aals, alas, alma, alms, alts, alum, amah, amas, amus, atma. | |
-5 letters: aah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-l-m-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: asphaltum. | |
+2 letters: asphaltums, lanthanums. | |
+3 letters: altazimuths. | |
+4 letters: amateurishly, hypothalamus, manslaughter. | |
+5 letters: epithalamiums, manslaughters, methaqualones. | |
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