Hindbrain

Definition: Hindbrain

Hindbrain

Noun

1. The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and pons and medulla oblongata.

Note: Hindbrain \Hind"brain`\, noun. [Hind, adjective brain.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Hindbrain

Synonym: rhombencephalon (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Hindbrain

English words defined with "hindbrain": Epencephalon ♦ medulla oblongata, metencephalon, myelencephalon ♦ paleocerebellum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hindbrain": hindbrain herniation. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In these disorders, degeneration of cells in an area of the brain called the hindbrain leads to deficits in movement. (references)
		It is also important to understand the role of birth defects in the development of hindbrain malformations that can lead to syringomyelia. (references)
		AVM damage to these parts of the hindbrain can result in dizziness, giddiness, vomiting, a loss of the ability to coordinate complex movements such as walking, uncontrollable muscle tremors, or disruptions in organ function (for example, heart failure). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Hindbrain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.10% of the time. "Hindbrain" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.1%	27	66,962
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	6.9%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	29	N/A

Expression using "hindbrain": hindbrain herniation. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "hindbrain": midbrain-hindbrain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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.

Language		Translations for "hindbrain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Arnold-Chiaris syndrom (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation), Arnold-Chiari malformation (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

Dutch		deformitas van Arnold Chiari (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

Finnish		Arnold-Chiarin oireyhtymä (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

French		malformation d'Arnold-Chiari (hindbrain herniation). (various references)

German		Arnold-Chiari-Syndrom (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

Greek		διαμαρτία Arnold-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

Italian		sindrome di Arnold-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)

Pig Latin		indbrainhay

Spanish		malformación de Arnold-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebellar ectopia, Chiari malformation, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, hindbrain herniation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hindbrain": hindbrains. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hindbrain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indoramin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-h-i-i-n-n-r"
	-3 letters: riband.
	-4 letters: bairn, bindi, braid, brain, brand, dinar, drain, indri, nadir, rabid, radii, ranid.
	-5 letters: abri, airn, arid, band, bani, bard, barn, bind, bird, brad, bran, brin, darb, darn, drab, drib, hair, hand, hard, hind, inia, irid, nard, nidi, raid, rain, rand, rani, rind.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-h-i-i-n-n-r"
	+1 letter: hindbrains.
	+2 letters: brandishing.
	+4 letters: brainchildren.
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