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Webster 1913 Edition
Metencephalon
Metˊen-ceph′a-lon
,Noun.
[
Met-
+ encephalon
.] (Anat.)
The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
Definition 2024
metencephalon
metencephalon
English
Noun
metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)
- (anatomy) the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.