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collothalamus

collothalamus noun: the caudal division of the dorsal thalamus in anamniotes.

Noun

collothalamus

  1. The caudal division of the dorsal thalamus in anamniotes

Origin of collothalamus

Coined by Ann B. Butler in 1994, based on the fact that it receives its primary input from the midbrain roof (cf. colliculi).

Words formed from collothalamus

Questions about collothalamus

What does collothalamus mean?
Collothalamus means the caudal division of the dorsal thalamus in anamniotes.
What part of speech is collothalamus?
Collothalamus is a noun.

Words near collothalamus in the dictionary

  1. collor
  2. collors
  3. collosol
  4. collosols
  5. collothalamic
  6. collothalamus
  7. collothun
  8. collothuns
  9. collotype
  10. collotypes
  11. collotypic

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