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noun
The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
History
From met- + encephalon.
