Usually means: Brain region controlling hormones, homeostasis.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypothalamus: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypothalamus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypothalamus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypothalamus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypothalamus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hypothalamus, hypothalamus: Wordnik
  7. hypothalamus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hypothalamus: Wiktionary
  9. hypothalamus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hypothalamus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hypothalamus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hypothalamus: Dictionary.com
  13. hypothalamus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Hypothalamus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. hypothalamus: Rhymezone
  16. hypothalamus: FreeDictionary.org
  17. hypothalamus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. hypothalamus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Hypothalamus: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hypothalamus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypothalamus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hypothalamus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hypothalamus: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Hypothalamus: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  9. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  10. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  11. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  12. Hypothalamus: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  14. hypothalamus: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  16. hypothalamus: Medical dictionary
  17. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  19. Hypothalamus: Drug Medical Dictionary
  20. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. hypothalamus: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Hypothalamus: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See hypothalami as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hypothalamus)

noun:  (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.

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