See Also: thalamo-(medicine)
thalamo-(dictionary)

prescaler (iou) and thalamo- (iou)


prescaler (iou)



prescaler noun. M20.
[from PRE- 1 + SCALER noun1.]
Electronics. A scaling circuit used to scale down the input to a counting circuit so that it can deal with high counting rates.

thalamo- (iou)



thalamo- combining form of THALAMUS: see -O-.
thalamo'cortical adjective designating sensory nerve fibres running from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex E20.
thalamo'striate adjective designating a vein that collects blood from the thalamus and the corpus striatum E20.
thala'motomy noun (Medicine) (an instance of) a surgical operation to destroy a specific part of the thalamus, used for the relief of pain or Parkinsonism and occas. to treat mental illness M20.