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noun a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English thalamus English hypothalamus From hypo- + thalamus.
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