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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the middle portion of the brain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: midbrain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neural structure
History
From mes- + encephalon.
