noun, plural di·en·ceph·a·lons, di·en·ceph·a·la [dahy-en-sef-uh-luh] /ˌdaɪ ɛnˈsɛf ə lə/. Anatomy.
- the posterior section of the forebrain.
noun
- the part of the brain that includes the basal ganglia, thalamus, hypothalamus, and associated areas
n.
- The posterior part of the prosencephalon, composed of the epithalamus, the dorsal thalamus, the subthalamus, and the hypothalamus.betweenbrain interbrain