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Webster 1913 Edition


Epencephalon

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Epˊen-ceph′a-lon

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἐπί
upon, near + [GREEK] brain.]
(Anat.)
The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to
epen.