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Definition: Brain Stem |
Brain StemNoun1. The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The part of the brain that connects the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord. It consists of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata. (references) |
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Synonym: Brain StemSynonym: brainstem (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Brain Stem |
| English words defined with "brain stem": acute anterior poliomyelitis ♦ cranial nerve ♦ infantile paralysis ♦ parasympathetic, parasympathetic nervous system, polio, poliomyelitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "brain stem": Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic, Brain Infarction, Brain Neoplasms, brain stem glioma, Brain Stem Infarctions, brain stem tumor ♦ Central Nervous System Diseases, CNS tumors, Cochlear Nerve, Cochlear Nucleus, Consciousness Disorders, Convulsants, Cranial Fossa, Posterior, Cranial Nerve Diseases ♦ Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ♦ Geniculate Ganglion ♦ Hair Cells, Vestibular, Hearing Loss, Central, Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases ♦ Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic ♦ Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular ♦ Spiral Ganglion ♦ Trigeminal Nerve Diseases, Trigeminal Nuclei, Tuberculoma, Intracranial ♦ Vagus Nerve Diseases, Vestibular Nerve. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pictured is a proton beam from the brain during CT scans. Using dozens of CT slices, a computer produced this three-dimensional representation of the eyes and optic nerves (blue and green). The brain stem (green) , and the tumor (red). The yellow line shows the proton beam field-shaping aperture. Credit: unknown photographer. |
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Health | Surgery is not usually used to treat brain stem gliomas because of their vulnerable location. (references) | |
For the past 15 years, auditory brain stem response (ABR) audiometry has been the method of choice. (references) | ||
Within the brain, gliomas usually occur in the cerebral hemispheres but may also strike other areas, especially the optic nerve, the brain stem and, particularly among children, the cerebellum. (references) | ||
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Angela Ricci | Well, they had a blood clot in the cerebellum and it put a tremendous amount of pressure on the brain stem. |
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Expressions using "brain stem": brain stem glioma ♦ Brain Stem Infarctions ♦ Brain Stem Neoplasms ♦ brain stem tumor ♦ the brain stem. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
brain stem | 103 |
brain stem stroke | 62 |
brain stem tumor | 35 |
brain stem injury | 21 |
brain stem glioma | 15 |
brain stem cancer | 6 |
brain stem function | 6 |
brain stem damage | 4 |
aneurism brain stem | 4 |
brain stem surgery | 3 |
brain brain stem tumor | 2 |
brain stem cell research | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "brain stem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hjernestamme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hersenstam (crus cerebri, crus of cerebrum), crura cerebri (crus cerebri, crus of cerebrum), caudex cerebri (crus cerebri, crus of cerebrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aivorunkoaudiometria (brain stem audiometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tronc cérébral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stammhirn, Hirnstock, Hirnstamm, Caudex sive Truncus cerebri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγκεφαλικό στέλεχος (brainstem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tronco dell'encefalo, tronco cerebrale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 脳幹 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のうか" (placing of body in coffin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ainbray emstay tronco cerebral. (various references) troncoencéfalo, tronco cerebral. (various references) hjärnstamsaudiometri (brain stem audiometry), hjärnstammen (the brain stem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tribesman. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-m-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ambients, banister, barmiest, barniest, minarets, raiments. | |
-2 letters: ambient, ambries, anestri, antsier, baiters, banters, banties, barites, basinet, batsmen, brisant, etamins, imarets, inmates, maestri, marines, martens, martins, minaret, minster, minters, misrate, nastier, raiment, ratines, rebaits, remains, remints, retains, retinas, retsina, sarment, seminar, smarten, smartie, stainer, stearin, tameins, terbias, timbers, timbres. | |
-3 letters: absent, aimers, airest, airmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-m-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: brominates, disbarment. | |
+2 letters: abridgments, disbarments, subterminal, tambourines, timberlands. | |
+3 letters: abridgements, arbitraments, brainstormed, brainstormer, drumbeatings, embarkations, embrocations, recombinants, subminiature. | |
+4 letters: abnormalities, administrable, antisubmarine, biometricians, brainstormers, cabinetmakers, mensurability, mistranscribe, thrombokinase, transmissible, transmittable. | |
+5 letters: antiliberalism, disembarkation, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, insurmountable, libertarianism, mistranscribed, mistranscribes, perambulations, recombinations, retinoblastoma, sabermetrician, submetacentric, subnormalities, terminableness, thrombokinases, troublemakings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 72 61 69 6E 53 74 65 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01010011 01110100 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r a i n   S t e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 0061 0069 006E 0053 0074 0065 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3684677580253867179 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; |
