betweenbrain

Other forms of betweenbrain

plural

betweenbrains·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about betweenbrain

What does betweenbrain mean?

betweenbrain means "the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon".

How many syllables are in betweenbrain?

betweenbrain has 3 syllables: be-tween-brain. The stress falls on "be".

What is another word for betweenbrain?

Close synonyms include diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betweenbrain a common word?

betweenbrain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.