Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subthalamus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-tha-la-mus
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English thalamus English subthalamus From sub- + thalamus.

Inflected Forms

subthalami (plural)

Derived Forms

subthalamic

Synonyms

prethalamus

Questions

What does subthalamus mean?: Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.
Where does subthalamus come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English thalamus English subthalamus From sub- + thalamus.

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