Plural form of diencephalon; multiple diencephalons or instances of this brain region.
From diencephalon + -s (standard plural suffix in English). Following the Latin/Greek naming convention established for neuroanatomical structures in medical terminology.
While anatomically we each have just one diencephalon, neuroscientists study diencephalons across different species to understand how brain evolution modified this ancient structure for different survival needs.
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