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mid·brain  (mdbrn)

n.

The portion of the vertebrate brain that develops from the middle section of the embryonic brain.

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midbrain [ˈmɪdˌbreɪn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for mesencephalon

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midbrain  (mdbrn)

The middle part of the vertebrate brain. In most animals except mammals, the midbrain processes sensory information. In mammals, it serves primarily to connect the forebrain with the hindbrain. Compare forebrainhindbrain

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

midbrain - the middle portion of the brain mesencephalon neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord locus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra - a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease superior colliculus - an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex inferior colliculus - an essential auditory center in the midbrain

Translations

midbrain [ˈmɪdbreɪn] N → mesencéfalo m, cerebro m medio