midbrain

English

Etymology

mid- +‎ brain

Noun

midbrain (plural midbrains)

1. (neuroanatomy) 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).

Synonyms

• mesencephalon

Meronyms

• tectum
• tegmentum

Holonyms

• brain stem

Translations

part of brain

• Azerbaijani: orta beyin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中腦／中脑 (zh) (zhōngnǎo), 中脑 (zh) (zhōngnǎo)

• Czech: střední mozek m
• Danish: mesencephalon, midthjernen
• Dutch: mesencephalon, middenhersen
• Estonian: keskaju
• Finnish: keskiaivot (fi)
• French: mésencéphale (fr) m
• German: Mittelhirn (de)
• Greek: μεσεγκέφαλος m (mesegkéfalos)
• Hindi: मध्यमस्तिष्क (madhyamastiṣk)
• Indonesian: otak tengah
• Irish: lárinchinn f
• Italian: mesemcefalo m
• Japanese: 中脳 (chūnō)
• Javanese: ꦲꦸꦠꦏ꧀ꦠꦺꦔꦃ (utak tengah)
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• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu: mezenséfalu m

  São Vicente: mezenséfalo m

• Korean: 중간뇌 (junggannoe) (中間腦)
• Latin: mesencephalon
• Lithuanian: vidurinės smegenys
• Macedonian: среден мозок (sreden mozok)
• Malay: otak tengah
• Norwegian: mesencephalon
• Polish: śródmózgowie n
• Portuguese: mesencéfalo
• Russian: сре́дний мозг (srédnij mozg)
• Slovak: stredný mozog
• Spanish: mesencéfalo
• Swedish: mesencephalon, mitthjärnan
• Tagalog: gitnangutak
• Vietnamese: não giữa