hypothalamus

English Thesaurus

1. a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system (noun.body)

hypernym	:	neural structure,
definition	:	a structure that is part of the nervous system (noun.body)

part meronym	:	betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon,
definition	:	the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon (noun.body)

derivation	:	hypothalamic,
definition	:	of or relating to the hypothalamus (adj.pert)

derivation	:	hypothalamic,
definition	:	of or relating to the hypothalamus (adj.pert)