Thalamus

·noun The receptacle of a flower; a torus.

II. Thalamus ·noun ·same·as Thallus.

III. Thalamus ·noun A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain;

— called also optic thalamus.

thalamus
thălămus, i, m., = θάλαμος, an inner room, chamber, apartment (poet.). I Lit. A In gen.: Pars s...

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thalamus
thalamus ī, m , θάλαμος, an inner room, chamber, apartment: Pars secreta domūs . . . Trīs habuit th...

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