epithalamusn.
/ɛpɪˈθaləməs/ Anatomy.
A part of the diencephalon (see quot. 1962).
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epithalamus1902
1902 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 501 The epithalamus, which comprises the pineal body and the habenular region.
1921 A. Keith Human Embryol. (ed. 4) 103 In the upper region will be differentiated the optic thalamus, the epithalamus (the pineal body with its ganglia and commissures) and the metathalamus or geniculate bodies.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1033 The epithalamus comprises the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, and the posterior commissure.
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