metencephalon

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Metencephalon of an embryonic brain

Etymology

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From met- +‎ encephalon.

Noun

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metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)

  1. (neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

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