- interbrain
- nounthe posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon• Syn: ↑diencephalon, ↑betweenbrain, ↑thalmencephalon• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure• Part Holonyms: ↑forebrain, ↑prosencephalon• Part Meronyms:↑mamillary body, ↑mammillary body, ↑corpus mamillare, ↑infundibulum, ↑third eye, ↑pineal eye, ↑optic nerve, ↑nervus opticus, ↑second cranial nerve, ↑optic tract, ↑pituitary, ↑pituitary gland, ↑pituitary body, ↑hypophysis, ↑basal ganglion, ↑thalamus, ↑hypothalamus
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\\ˈintə(r)+ˌ-\ nounEtymology: inter- + brain* * *
/in"teuhr brayn'/, n.the diencephalon.[1885-90; INTER- + BRAIN]* * *
interbrain /inˈtər-brān/nounThe diencephalon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.