midbrain
midbrain 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).
Noun
midbrain (plural midbrains)
- 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).
- When the instinctive and subconscious world of the snake is confronted in initiation, the vital force of the snake rises and floods the second brain, the midbrain, the limbic ring.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 226
- Synonyms:
- mesencephalon
midbrain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Tagalog
midbrain in Hindi
- part of brain
- मध्यमस्तिष्क madhyamastiṣk
midbrain in Tamil
- நடுமூளை, இடைமூளை
midbrain in Gujarati
- midbrain
- મધ્યમસ્તિષ્ક madhyamastiṣk
midbrain in Tagalog
- part of brain
- gitnangutak
More languagesFewer languages
- midbrain in Malay
- otak tengah
- midbrain in Indonesian
- otak tengah
- midbrain in Vietnamese
- não giữa
Synonyms of midbrain
Forms of midbrain
| plural | midbrains |
|---|---|
| alternative form | middlebrain |
Origin of midbrain
From mid- + brain.
Questions about midbrain
- What does midbrain mean?
- Midbrain means 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).
- What is midbrain in Hindi?
- Midbrain in Hindi is मध्यमस्तिष्क (madhyamastiṣk). See Midbrain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is midbrain?
- Midbrain is a noun.
- What is the plural of midbrain?
- The plural of midbrain is midbrains.
Words near midbrain in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: midbrain (page history and authors); midbrain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મધ્યમસ્તિષ્ક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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