metencephalon
nounEtymology From met- + encephalon.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.
- Derived terms
- metencephalic
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