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Word Meanings - MIDBRAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

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  • MIDDLE
    1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening.
  • SEGMENT
    A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration. A piece in the
  • MIDDLE-GROUND
    That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
  • MIDDLE-EARTH
    The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. Shak.
  • MIDDLEMAN
    The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. (more info) 1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts,
  • MESENCEPHALON
    The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.
  • MIDDLER
    One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.
  • BRAIN
    The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
  • SEGMENTATION
    The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically , a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. Segmentation cavity , the cavity formed by the arrangement of the cells
  • MIDDLE-AGE
    Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediæval.
  • BRAINSICKLY
    In a brainsick manner.
  • MIDDLEMOST
    Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.
  • BRAINSICK
    Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
  • BRAINED
    Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.
  • SEGMENTAL
    1. Relating to, or being, a segment. Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillæ. Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. Segmental duct , the primitive duct of the embryonic excretory organs which gives
  • BRAINISH
    Hot-headed; furious. Shak.
  • BRAINY
    Having an active or vigorous mind.
  • BRAINLESS
    Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.
  • BRAINPAN
    The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
  • SEGMENTED
    Divided into segments or joints; articulated.
  • ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
    A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
  • SICK-BRAINED
    Disordered in the brain.
  • SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
    Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
  • CRACK-BRAINED
    Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
  • FAT-BRAINED
    Dull of apprehension.
  • BISEGMENT
    One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.
  • 'TWIXT-BRAIN
    The thalamen
  • MADBRAINED
    Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
  • SHALLOW-BRAINED
    Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
  • COCK-BRAINED
    Giddy; rash. Milton.
  • MIDBRAIN
    The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

 

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