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Webster 1913 Edition

Thalamus

‖

Thal′a-mus

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Thalami

(#)

.

[L.

thalamus

chamber, Gr.

θάλαμος

.]

1.

(Anat.)

A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; – called also

optic thalamus

.

2.

(Bot.)

(a)

Same as

.

(b)

The receptacle of a flower; a torus.