Hypothalamus

Synonyms for "hypothalamus" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
autonomic regulatorbrain region
cerebellumcerebral cortex

Strong matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
diencephalon component

Related words (9)

Noun(7 words)
homeostatic regulatorhypothalamihypothalamic nucleihypothalamus nucleineural structureneuroendocrine centernuclei of hypothalamus

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries
brain regiondiencephalonneural structure

More specific

8 entries
arcuate nucleuscircadian regulationhomeostatic regulationmammillary bodyneuroendocrine controlparaventricular nucleussuprachiasmatic nucleussupraoptic nucleus

Collocations

6 entries
hypothalamic nucleushypothalamic pituitary axishypothalamus anatomyhypothalamus functionhypothalamus regionhypothalamus regulation

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The sight memory organ is below the hypothalamus.

Source: tatoeba (319891)

The secretion of pituitary gland hormones is controlled by the hypothalamus.

Source: tatoeba (12229976)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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