"midbrain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: midbrains [plural]
Etymology: mid- + brain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|brain}} mid- + brain Head templates: {{en-noun}} midbrain (plural midbrains)
  1. (neuroanatomy) 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). Wikipedia link: midbrain Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: mesencephalon Holonyms: brain stem Meronyms: tectum, tegmentum Translations (part of brain): orta beyin (Azerbaijani), 中腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 中脑 (zhōngnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), střední mozek [masculine] (Czech), mesencephalon (Danish), midthjernen (Danish), mesencephalon (Dutch), middenhersen (Dutch), keskaju (Estonian), keskiaivot (Finnish), mésencéphale [masculine] (French), Mittelhirn (German), μεσεγκέφαλος (mesegkéfalos) [masculine] (Greek), मध्यमस्तिष्क (madhyamastiṣk) (Hindi), otak tengah (Indonesian), lárinchinn [feminine] (Irish), mesemcefalo [masculine] (Italian), 中脳 (chūnō) (Japanese), ꦲꦸꦠꦏ꧀ꦠꦺꦔꦃ (utak tengah) (Javanese), mezenséfalu [Badiu, masculine] (Kabuverdianu), mezenséfalo [masculine] (Kabuverdianu), 중간뇌 (junggannoe) (alt: 中間腦) (Korean), mesencephalon (Latin), vidurinės smegenys (Lithuanian), среден мозок (sreden mozok) (Macedonian), otak tengah (Malay), demaxê naverast [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), mesencephalon (Norwegian), śródmózgowie [neuter] (Polish), mesencéfalo (Portuguese), сре́дний мозг (srédnij mozg) (Russian), stredný mozog (Slovak), mesencéfalo (Spanish), mesencephalon (Swedish), mitthjärnan (Swedish), gitnangutak (Tagalog), não giữa (Vietnamese)

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