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midbrain

Noun

mid=brain

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

midbrain, n. [Mid, a. + brain.].

The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain. [1913 Webster]

midbrain, n. the part of the brain developing from the middle of the primitive or embryonic brain.

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