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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesencephalon
‖
Mesˊen-ceph′a-lon
,Noun.
[NL. See
Meso-
and Encephalon
.] (Anat.)
The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to
mesen
. See Brain
. Definition 2024
mesencephalon
mesencephalon
English
Noun
mesencephalon (plural mesencephalons or mesencephala)
- 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).
Translations
midbrain — see midbrain