Mesencephalon Definition

mĕzĕn-sĕfə-lŏn, mĕs-
mesencephalon
noun

Midbrain.

Webster's New World
The midbrain.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Mesencephalon

Noun

Singular:
mesencephalon
Plural:
mesencephalons

Origin of Mesencephalon

  • From Latin, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mesos, “middle") + ἐγκέφαλος (enkephalos, “cephalon, brain"); see also cephalon.

    From Wiktionary

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