midbrain

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8

Definition of midbrain

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

From mid- + brain.

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