epithalamus
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of epithalamus
From New Latin, dating back to 1900–05; see origin at epi-, thalamus
Example Sentences
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The cerebral aqueduct opens just inferior to the epithalamus and passes through the midbrain.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
There are other structures, such as the epithalamus, which contains the pineal gland, or the subthalamus, which includes the subthalamic nucleus that is part of the basal nuclei.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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