mid·brain (m d br n )n. The portion of the vertebrate brain that develops from the middle section of the embryonic brain. |
midbrain [ˈmɪdˌbreɪn]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for mesencephalon
| midbrain (mdbrn) |
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| Noun | 1. |  midbrain - the middle portion of the brain 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 |
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