hypothalamus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.
    — To avoid catastrophe, the brain has its trusty control centre, the hypothalamus, which tells the body to cool itself by sweating or to warm itself by shivering.

词形变化

hypothalami plural hypothalamuses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.
English hypo-
English thalamus
English hypothalamus
From hypo- + thalamus.
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