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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy: That part of the brain which consists of the cerebellum and pons Varolii. Also called metencephalon (which see).
  • noun The foregoing together with the medulla oblongata.
  • noun Also epencephal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

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  • noun anatomy The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek upon, near + brain.

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