See Also: nucleus ventralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis intermedius thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis posterolateralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis posteromedialis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis posterior thalami(medicine)
pedunculus thalami ventralis(medicine)
nucleus ventralis lateralis(medicine)
nucleus arcuatus thalami(medicine)
nucleus reticularis thalami(medicine)
nucleus medialis thalami(medicine)

toddy (iou) and nucleus ventralis thalami (medicine)


toddy (iou)



toddy noun. E17.
[Marathi tai, Hindi tai from Sanskrit tai palmyra.]
The sugary sap from any of certain palm trees, esp. the jaggery palm Caryota urens, the palmyra Borassus flabellifer, and the coconut palm Cocos nucerifa, which is used as a drink in tropical countries; esp. the sap of such a palm fermented to produce an arrack. E17.
a. A drink consisting of whisky or Other spirits with hot water and sugar or spices. L18.
brandy-toddy, rum-toddy, whisky-toddy, etc.
b. A drink or glass of toddy. M19.
Comb.: toddy-bird a weaver, Ploceus philippinus, which is found in southern Asia and feeds on the sap of palms; toddy cat the common palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, of southern Asia and Indonesia; toddy-ladle a small ladle used to transfer hot toddy from a bowl to a glass; toddy-lifter a device used in the manner of a pipette to transfer hot toddy from a bowl to a glass; toddy palm any palm that yields toddy, spec. Caryota urens; toddy-stick a spatula, usu. of glass or metal, for stirring hot toddy; toddy-tapper a person who collects or prepares toddy from palms; toddy-tapping the collection of toddy from palms; toddy-tree = toddy-palm above.

nucleus ventralis thalami (medicine)


nucleus ventralis thalami -->
ventral nucleus of thalamus


A large, complex cell mass the external border of which forms the ventral and much of the lateral boundary, as well as the rostral border, of the thalamus; it can be subdivided into an anterior, intermediate, and posterior part.

Synonym: nucleus ventralis thalami.