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brain stem

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: brainstem, brain-stem

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neural structure

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Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِذْع الدِمَاغ (jiḏʕ ad-dimāḡ) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Armenian: ուղեղաբուն (uġeġabun) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Armenian: ուղեղացողուն (uġeġacʻoġun) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Basque: enbor entzefaliko — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Bengali: মস্তিষ্ককাণ্ড (mostiśkokanḍo) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Bulgarian: продълговат мозък (prodǎlgovat mozǎk) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Catalan: tronc de l'encèfal — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腦幹 /脑干 (nǎogàn) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Czech: mozkový kmen — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Danish: hjernestamme — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Dutch: hersenstam — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Esperanto: cerba trunko — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Estonian: ajutüvi — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Finnish: aivorunko — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • French: tronc cérébral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Galician: tronco do encéfalo — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • German: Hirnstamm — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Greek: εγκεφαλικό στέλεχος (egkefalikó stélechos) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Hebrew: גזע המוח (geza‘ ha-mokha) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Hindi: मस्तिष्क स्तंभ (mastiṣk stambh) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Hungarian: agytörzs — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Indonesian: batang ogak — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Italian: tronco encefalico — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Japanese: 脳幹 (nōkan) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Kabuverdianu: tronk' sirebral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Kabuverdianu: tronku sirebral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Kabuverdianu: tronk' cerebral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Kazakh: ми бағаны (mi bağany) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Korean: 뇌줄기 (noejulgi) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Northern Kurdish: qedê demax — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Latin: truncus encephali — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Latin: truncus cerebri — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Latvian: smadzeņu stumbrs — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Lithuanian: galvos smegenų kamienas — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Malay: batang otak — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Māori: pūroro — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjernestamme — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Persian: ساقه مغز — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Polish: pień mózgu — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Portuguese: tronco cerebral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Russian: мозгово́й ствол (mozgovój stvol) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Slovak: mozgový kmeň — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Slovene: možgansko deblo — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Spanish: tronco del encéfalo — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Spanish: tallo cerebral — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Spanish: tallo encefálico — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Swedish: hjärnstammen — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Tamil: மூளைத்தண்டு (mūḷaittaṇṭu) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Thai: ก้านสมอง (gâan-sà-mɔ̌ɔng) — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Turkish: beyin sapı — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Vietnamese: cuống não — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Vietnamese: thân não — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum
  • Welsh: coesyn yr ymennydd — part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum