Usually means: Controls basic functions, connects brain.
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  1. brainstem: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. brainstem: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brainstem: Vocabulary.com
  4. Brainstem, brainstem: Wordnik
  5. brainstem: Wiktionary
  6. brainstem: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. brainstem: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. brainstem: Dictionary.com
  9. Brainstem: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. brainstem: Rhymezone
  11. brainstem: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brainstem: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. brainstem: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. brainstem: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Brainstem: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. brainstem: Medical dictionary
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  7. Brainstem: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Brainstem: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Alternative spelling of brain stem [(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.]

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