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thalami


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thalamus  \Thal"a*mus\,  n.;  pl  {Thalami}.  [L.  thalamus  chamber, 
  Gr  qa`lamos.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  mass  of  nervous  matter  on  either  side  of  the 
  third  ventricle  of  the  brain;  --  called  also  {optic 
  thalamus}. 
 
  2.  (Bot.) 
  a  Same  as  {Thallus}. 
  b  The  receptacle  of  a  flower;  a  torus. 




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