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midbrain
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun midbrain has 1 sense
- midbrain(n = noun.body) mesencephalon - the middle portion of the brain; Array is a kind of neural structure
is a part of brain, encephalon
has parts: locus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra, superior colliculus, inferior colliculus
CIDE DICTIONARY
midbrain, n. [Mid, a. + brain.].
The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
midbrain, n. the part of the brain developing from the middle of the primitive or embryonic brain.
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