Midbrain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The portion of the vertebrate brain that develops from the middle section of the embryonic brain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See brain.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The mesencephalon. See cuts under encephalon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the middle portion of the brain
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    neural structure   
    Cross Reference
    brain stem    tegmentum    tectum   
    Variant
    brain   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mesencephalon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    striatum    brainstem    neocortical    hypothalamus    cerebellum   
     
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