Mesencephalon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesencephalon \Mes`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See {Meso-} and
     {Encephalon}.] (Anat.)
     The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes
     abbreviated to {mesen}. See {Brain}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mesencephalon
       n : the middle portion of the brain [syn: {midbrain}]