Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metencephalon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metencephalon \Met`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [Met- + encephalon.]
(Anat.)
The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the
afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metencephalon
n : the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and
the cerebellum
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