brain stem

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   the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus

   Synonymsbrainstembrain-stem

   Broaderneural structure

   Part ofbrain

   Partsmedulla oblongataponsreticular formation

Questions about brain stem

What does brain stem mean?

brain stem means "the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus".

What is another word for brain stem?

Close synonyms include brainstem, brain-stem. 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 brain stem a common word?

brain stem 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.