PALEOCEREBELLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paleocerebellum mean? 

• PALEOCEREBELLUM (noun)
  The noun PALEOCEREBELLUM has 1 sense:

1. the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals

  Familiarity information: PALEOCEREBELLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALEOCEREBELLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("paleocerebellum" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("paleocerebellum" is a part of...):

cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)