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METENCEPHALON (metencephala)
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Irregular inflected form: metencephala
Dictionary entry overview: What does metencephalon mean?
• METENCEPHALON (noun)
The noun METENCEPHALON has 1 sense:
1. the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
Familiarity information: METENCEPHALON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("metencephalon" is a kind of...):
hindbrain; rhombencephalon (the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem)
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