different between thalamus vs habenula

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).

Noun

thalamus (plural thalami or thalamuses)

1. (neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
2. (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
3. A thallus.
4. An inner room or nuptial chamber.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• thalamus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thalamus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• thalamus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Alternative forms

• talamus

Noun

thalamus m

1. thalamus

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos).

Noun

thalamus m (plural thalamus)

1. (anatomy) thalamus

Derived terms

• thalamique

Further reading

• “thalamus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?a.la.mus/, [?t??ä??äm?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ta.la.mus/, [?t???l?mus]

Noun

thalamus m (genitive thalam?); second declension

1. inner room, apartment of a house
2. bedroom, chamber
3. marriage bed
4. (by extension, figuratively) marriage

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thalamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thalamus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena.

Noun

habenula (plural habenulae or habenulæ)

1. (anatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.

Derived terms

• habenular
• habenular nucleus

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From hab?na +? -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ha?be?.nu.la/, [hä?be?n???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?be.nu.la/, [??b??nul?]

Noun

hab?nula f (genitive hab?nulae); first declension

1. a small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out from the body

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• habenula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• habenula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette