"hypothalamus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypothalami [plural], hypothalamuses [plural]
Etymology: From hypo- + thalamus. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hypo|thalamus}} hypo- + thalamus Head templates: {{en-noun|hypothalami|+}} hypothalamus (plural hypothalami or hypothalamuses)
  1. (neuroanatomy) 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. Wikipedia link: hypothalamus Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Holonyms: diencephalon, limbic system Derived forms: hypothalamic, hypothalamo- Related terms: hippopotamus, hypotenuse Translations (a region of the brain, below the thalamus): hipotalamusi [masculine] (Albanian), تَحْت اَلْمِهَاد (taḥt al-mihād) [masculine] (Arabic), وِطَاء (wiṭāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), هَايْبُوثَلَامُوس (hāybūṯalāmūs) [masculine] (Arabic), հիպոթալամուս (hipotʻalamus) (Armenian), hipotálamu [masculine] (Asturian), hipotalamus (Azerbaijani), hipotalamo (Basque), гіпаталамус (hipatalamus) [masculine] (Belarusian), হাইপোথ্যালামাস (haipōtthalamaś) (Bengali), хипоталамус (hipotalamus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hipotàlem [masculine] (Catalan), 下丘腦 (Chinese Cantonese), 下丘脑 (haa⁶ jau¹ nou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 下丘腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 下丘脑 (xiàqiūnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), hypothalamus [masculine] (Czech), podhrbolí [neuter] (Czech), ހައިޕޯތަލަމަސް (haipōtalamas) (Dhivehi), hypothalamus [masculine] (Dutch), hipotalamo (Esperanto), hypotalamus (Finnish), hypothalamus [masculine] (French), hipotálamo [masculine] (Galician), ჰიპოთალამუსი (hiṗotalamusi) (Georgian), Hypothalamus [masculine] (German), υποθάλαμος (ypothálamos) [masculine] (Greek), ipotalamis (Haitian Creole), הִיפּוֹתָלָמוּס [masculine] (Hebrew), अधश्चेतक (adhaścetak) (Hindi), hipotalamusz (Hungarian), undirstúka [feminine] (Icelandic), heiladyngjubotn [masculine] (Icelandic), hipotalamus (Indonesian), hipeatalamas [masculine] (Irish), ipotalamo [masculine] (Italian), 視床下部 (shishōkabu) (alt: ししょうかぶ) (Japanese), hipotalamus (Javanese), 시상하부 (sisanghabu) (alt: 視床下部) (Korean), гипоталамус (gipotalamus) (Kyrgyz), hipotalāms [masculine] (Latvian), pagumburis [masculine] (Lithuanian), хипоталамус (hipotalamus) [masculine] (Macedonian), hipotalamus (Malay), hîpotalamus [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), ipotalam [masculine] (Occitan), هیپوتالاموس (hipotâlâmus) (Persian), podwzgórze [neuter] (Polish), hipotálamo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਹਿਪੋਥੈਲੇਮਸ (hipothailemas) [masculine] (Punjabi), hipotalamus [neuter] (Romanian), гипотала́мус (gipotalámus) [masculine] (Russian), хипота̀ламус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipotàlamus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podlôžko [neuter] (Slovak), hypotalamus [masculine] (Slovak), hipotalamus [masculine] (Slovene), hipotálamo [masculine] (Spanish), hipotalamus (Sundanese), hypotalamus (Swedish), ஐப்போத்தலாமசு (aippōttalāmacu) (Tamil), ไฮโปทาลามัส (hai bpoh taa laa mát) (Thai), hipotalamus (Turkish), гіпоталамус (hipotalamus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vùng dưới đồi (Vietnamese), hypothalamws [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "word": "υποθάλαμος"
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          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "ipotalamis"
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "word": "הִיפּוֹתָלָמוּס"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "adhaścetak",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "अधश्चेतक"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "hipotalamusz"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "word": "undirstúka"
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "hipotalamus"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hipeatalamas"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "word": "ipotalamo"
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          "roman": "shishōkabu",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "視床下部"
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          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "hipotalamus"
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          "alt": "視床下部",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sisanghabu",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "시상하부"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "word": "hîpotalamus"
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          "code": "ky",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "гипоталамус"
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hipotalāms"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pagumburis"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "hipotalamus",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "хипоталамус"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "hipotalamus"
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          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ipotalam"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "hipotâlâmus",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "هیپوتالاموس"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pa",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ਹਿਪੋਥੈਲੇਮਸ"
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "гипотала́мус"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "хипота̀ламус"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hipotalamus"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hipotálamo"
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          "code": "su",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "roman": "aippōttalāmacu",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "ஐப்போத்தலாமசு"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "hai bpoh taa laa mát",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "ไฮโปทาลามัส"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "hipotalamus"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гіпоталамус"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "word": "vùng dưới đồi"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hypothalamws"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hipotálamu"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamo"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "hipatalamus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "гіпаталамус"
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "হাইপোথ্যালামাস"
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      "roman": "hipotalamus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хипоталамус"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hipotàlem"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "下丘腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "haa⁶ jau¹ nou⁵",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "下丘腦"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàqiūnǎo",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "下丘脑"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
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      "word": "podhrbolí"
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      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "haipōtalamas",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "ހައިޕޯތަލަމަސް"
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hypothalamus"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hypotalamus"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypothalamus"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hipotálamo"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hiṗotalamusi",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "ჰიპოთალამუსი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hypothalamus"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ypothálamos",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υποθάλαμος"
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      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "ipotalamis"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הִיפּוֹתָלָמוּס"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "adhaścetak",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "अधश्चेतक"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamusz"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "undirstúka"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "heiladyngjubotn"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipeatalamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ipotalamo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ししょうかぶ",
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      "roman": "shishōkabu",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "視床下部"
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      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "視床下部",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sisanghabu",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "시상하부"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hîpotalamus"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "gipotalamus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "гипоталамус"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipotalāms"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pagumburis"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hipotalamus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хипоталамус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ipotalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hipotâlâmus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "هیپوتالاموس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "podwzgórze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipotálamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "hipothailemas",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਹਿਪੋਥੈਲੇਮਸ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipotalámus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гипотала́мус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хипота̀ламус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipotàlamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "podlôžko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipotálamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hypotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aippōttalāmacu",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "ஐப்போத்தலாமசு"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hai bpoh taa laa mát",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "ไฮโปทาลามัส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "hipotalamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hipotalamus",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гіпоталамус"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "word": "vùng dưới đồi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a region of the brain, below the thalamus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypothalamws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hypothalamus"
}

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