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Word Unit: thalam-, thalamo- + (Greek > Latin: inner room, bedchamber; so called by Galen because chambers at the base of the brain were thought to supply animal spirits to the optic nerves; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon (the area in the center of the brain just above the brain stem that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus) which relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex of the brain).

Word Unit: thalasso-, thalass-, thalassi-, thalassio-, thalatto-, thalatt- + (Greek: sea, ocean).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting).

Word Unit: thall-, thallo-, thal-, thalli- + (Greek: young branch, shoot; thallus, a simple-plant body with undifferentiated root, stem, and leaf).

Word Unit: thamn-, thamno- + (Greek: bush, shrub).

Word Unit: thanato-, thanat-, thanas-, -thanasia, -thanasic, -thanatous + (Greek: death, dead).

Related "death, dead; kill" units: -cide; lethal-; mort-; neci-; phono-; necro-.

Word Unit: thaumato-, thaumat- + (Greek: wonder, wondrous thing; miracle; a thing to look at; sight, spectacle).

A cross reference of another word family that is related directly, or indirectly, to: "miracle, wonder, wondrous": mirac-.

Word Unit: the-; them-, themat-, thes-, thet- + (Latin: placing, setting; to place, to put).

Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: fix-; pon-; prosth-; stato-.

Word Unit: theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs (Greek > Latin: case, capsule, sheath, container, receptacle [also: a placing, a setting, a putting]; "a place where" something is kept).

Word Unit: thelo-, thel-, thele- (Greek: teat, teats, nipple, nipples).

Word Unit: thely- (Greek: feminine, female, females; daughter, daughters).

Word Unit: theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic + (Greek: God, god, deity, divine).

Related religious-word units: church; dei-, div-; ecclesi-; fanati-; hiero-;
idol-;-olatry; zelo-.

Word Unit: theor- (Greek (theorein, theoria); Latin (theoria): looking at, contemplation, spectator, speculation; viewing).

Word Unit: therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist + (Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on]).

Word Unit: therio-, theri-, thero-, ther-, -there, -therium, -theria, -theridae, -therian, -therioid, -theroida + (Greek: animal, wild beast, wild animal).

Related "animal" units: anima-; faun-; zoo-.

Word Unit: thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy + (Greek: heat, hot; warm).

Related "heat, hot" word units: ferv-; pyreto-.

Related "bubble" word unit: ebulli-.

Word Unit: thesaur- (Greek > Latin: treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest; a treasury of words).

Word Unit: theta + (Greek: the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet).

Word Unit: thigmo-, thigm-, thixo- + (Greek: touch, a touching).

Word Unit: thino-, thini-, thin- (Greek > Latin: sand bank, sand dunes; shore).

Other related "sand" units: amatho-; ammo-; areni-; silico-.

Word Unit: thio-, thi-, thion- (Greek: brimstone, sulfur).

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