tegmentum

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey.

Similar words

pontine pontile mesencephalic midbrain mesencephalon pretectum thalamencephalon periaqueduct periaqueductal gray terma

Often followed by

of and in is to vasculosum are mesencephali at

Word family

tegmenta