See Also: diencephalon(medicine)
diencephalon(dictionary)
ventricle of diencephalon(medicine)

diencephalon (iou)



diencephalon noun. L19.
[from DI-3 + Greek egkephalos brain.]
Anatomy. The caudal part of the forebrain, consisting of the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and ventral thalamus and the third ventricle. Cf. TELENCEPHALON.
,dience'phalic adjective L19.