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mid·brain (mid′brān′)

  1. the middle part of the three primary divisions of the brain of a vertebrate embryo
  2. the part of the fully developed brain evolved from this; mesencephalon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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