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diencephalon
The part of the brain between the telencephalon and the mesencephalon, including the thalami and most of the third ventricle: also known as, betweenbrain, interbrain.
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thalam-, thalamo- +
(Greek > Latin: inner room, bedchamber; so called by Galen because chambers at the base of the brain were thought to supply animal spirits to the optic nerves; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon (the area in the center of the brain just above the brain stem that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus) which relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex of the brain)