midbrain

Other forms of midbrain

plural

midbrains·

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 midbrain

What does midbrain mean?

midbrain means "the middle portion of the brain".

How many syllables are in midbrain?

midbrain has 2 syllables: mid-brain. The stress falls on "mid".

What is another word for midbrain?

Close synonyms include mesencephalon. 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 midbrain a common word?

midbrain 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.