thalamus
noun
thal·a·mus
ˈtha-lə-məs
plural thalami
ˈtha-lə-ˌmī
-ˌmē
: the largest subdivision of the diencephalon that consists chiefly of an ovoid mass of nuclei in each lateral wall of the third ventricle and serves chiefly to relay impulses and especially sensory impulses to and from the cerebral cortex see brain illustration
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