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Webster 1913 Edition

Midbrain

Mid′brainˊ

,

Noun.

[

Mid

, a. +

brain

.]

(Anat.)

The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See

.

Definition 2024

midbrain

midbrain

English

Noun

midbrain ‎(plural midbrains)

(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).

Synonyms

mesencephalon

Meronyms

Holonyms

brain stem

Translations

part of brain

Azeri: orta beyin
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中腦 (zh), 中脑 (zh) ‎(zhōngnǎo)
Czech: střední mozek m
Danish: mesencephalon, midthjernen
Dutch: mesencephalon, middenhersen
Estonian: keskaju
Finnish: keskiaivot
French: mésencéphale (fr) m
German: Mittelhirn (de)
Greek: μεσεγκέφαλος m ‎(mesenkéfalos)
Hindi: मध्यमस्तिष्क ‎(madhyamastiṣk)
Indonesian: otak tengah
Irish: lárinchinn f
Italian: mesemcefalo m
Japanese: 中脳 ‎(chūnō)

Javanese: ꦲꦸꦠꦏ꧀ꦠꦺꦔꦃ ‎(utak tengah)
Kabuverdianu:

Badiu: mezenséfalu m

São Vicente: mezenséfalo m
Korean: 중간뇌 ‎(junggannoe, 中間腦)
Latin: mesencephalon
Lithuanian: vidurinės smegenys
Macedonian: среден мозок (sreden mozok)
Norwegian: mesencephalon
Polish: śródmózgowie n
Portuguese: mesencéfalo
Russian: сре́дний мозг ‎(srédnij mozg)
Slovak: stredný mozog
Spanish: mesencéfalo
Swedish: mesencephalon, mitthjärnan
Tagalog: gitnangutak