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metencephalon Anat.|mɛtɛnˈsɛfəlɒn|
Also meˈtencephal.
[mod.L., f. Gr. µετά after + ἐγκέϕαλ-ος brain, f. ἐν in + κεϕαλ-ή head.]
a. In Huxley's use: The cerebellum with the pons Varolii.
b. ‘The posterior division of the third, or posterior primary, cerebral vesicle. It corresponds with the medulla oblongata, the fourth ventricle, and the auditory nerve’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890).
1871Huxley Anat. Vert. 57. 1876 Quain's Anat. (ed. 8) II. 755 Metencephalon. Medulla Oblongata, Fourth Ventricle, Auditory nerve..afterbrain. 1882Wilder & Gage Anat. Techn. 419 Note the lateral expansion of the myelon to form the metencephalon (medulla). 1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 123/2 Metencephal.
Hence metenceˈphalic a., of or pertaining to the metencephalon.
1890Century Dict. 1899Proc. Zool. Soc. 1024 The metencephalic fossa of the Pygopodes. |