a. [ad. mod.L. thalamic-us: see THALAMUS and -IC.] Of or pertaining to a thalamus; in Anat., pertaining to the optic thalamus.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Thalamicus, Bot., applied by Lestibondois to the insertion which takes place upon the receptacle: thalamic.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Thalamic nuclei, special collections of gray matter within the optic thalamus.
1893. W. R. Gowers, Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2), II. 394. Internal thalamic hæmorrhage.
1899. Allbutts Syst. Med., VII. 615. Hæmorrhage in the thalamic region.