zona lateralis hypothalamicae
- zona lateralis hypothalamicae
- [TA] lateral zone of hypothalamus; a longitudinal division of the hypothalamus, containing part of the preoptic nuclei as well as the supraoptic and tuberal nuclei and the nuclei of the mammillary body.
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