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.