hypothalamus

See also: Hypothalamus

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ thalamus

Noun

hypothalamus (plural hypothalami or hypothalamuses)

1. (anatomy) 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.

Derived terms

• hypothalamic

Translations

a region of the brain, below the thalamus

• Albanian: hipotalamusi m
• Arabic: الهايبوثلاموس‎ m (alhaybuthlamus)
• Armenian: հիպոթալամուս (hy) (hipotʿalamus)
• Asturian: hipotálamu m
• Azerbaijani: hipotalamus
• Basque: hipotalamo
• Belarusian: гіпаталамус m (hipatalamus)
• Bengali: হাইপোথ্যালামাস (haipotthalamaś)
• Bulgarian: хипоталамус m (hipotalamus)
• Catalan: hipotàlem m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 下丘腦 (haa⁶ jau¹ nou⁵)

  Mandarin: 下丘腦, 下丘脑 (xiàqiūnǎo)

• Czech: hypothalamus m
• Dhivehi: ހައިޕޯތަލަމަސް‎ (haipōtalamas)
• Dutch: hypothalamus (nl) m
• Esperanto: hipotalamo
• Finnish: hypotalamus (fi)
• French: hypothalamus (fr) m
• Galician: hipotálamo m
• Georgian: ჰიპოთალამუსი (hiṗotalamusi)
• German: Hypothalamus (de) m
• Greek: υποθάλαμος (el) m (ypothálamos)
• Haitian Creole: ipotalamis
• Hebrew: הִיפּוֹתָלָמוּס‎ (he) m
• Hindi: अधश्चेतक (adhaścetak)
• Hungarian: hipotalamusz
• Icelandic: undirstúka f, heiladyngjubotn m
• Indonesian: hipotalamus
• Irish: hipeatalamas m
• Italian: ipotalamo (it) m

• Japanese: 視床下部 (ししょうかぶ, shishōkabu)
• Javanese: hipotalamus
• Korean: 시상하부 (sisanghabu) (視床下部)
• Kurdish: hîpotalamus (ku) m
• Kyrgyz: гипоталамус (ky) (gipotalamus)
• Latvian: hipotalāms m
• Lithuanian: pagumburis m
• Macedonian: хипоталамус m (hipotalamus)
• Malay: hipotalamus
• Occitan: ipotalam m
• Persian: هیپوتالاموس‎ (fa) (hipotâlâmus)
• Polish: podwzgórze n
• Portuguese: hipotálamo m
• Punjabi: ਹਿਪੋਥੈਲੇਮਸ m (hipothailēmas)
• Romanian: hipotalamus (ro) n
• Russian: гипотала́мус (ru) m (gipotalámus)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хипота̀ламус m

  Roman: hipotàlamus (sh) m

• Slovak: podlôžko n
• Slovene: hipotalamus m
• Spanish: hipotálamo (es) m
• Sundanese: hipotalamus
• Swedish: hypotalamus (sv)
• Tamil: ஐப்போத்தலாமசு (aippōttalāmacu)
• Thai: ไฮโปทาลามัส (hai bpoh taa laa mát)
• Turkish: hipotalamus (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіпоталамус m (hipotalamus)
• Vietnamese: vùng dưới đồi
• Welsh: hypothalamws m

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Czech

Alternative forms

• hypotalamus m

Noun

hypothalamus m

1. (anatomy) hypothalamus

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɔ.ta.la.mys/

Noun

hypothalamus m (plural hypothalamus)

1. (anatomy) hypothalamus

Further reading

• “hypothalamus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).