a. [ad. mod.L. thalamic-us: see THALAMUS and -IC.] Of or pertaining to a thalamus; in Anat., pertaining to the optic thalamus.

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1860.  Mayne, Expos. Lex., Thalamicus, Bot., applied by Lestibondois to the insertion which takes place upon the receptacle: thalamic.

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1890.  Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Thalamic nuclei, special collections of gray matter within the optic thalamus.

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1893.  W. R. Gowers, Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2), II. 394. Internal thalamic hæmorrhage.

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1899.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 615. Hæmorrhage in the thalamic region.

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