† metepicoelen.
Anatomy. Obsolete. rare.
B. G. Wilder's term for: the fourth ventricle of the brain.
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1885 B. G. Wilder in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 21 Mar. 326 It is elsewhere suggested that those who admit only one segment between the mesencephalon and the myelon may apply thereto the comprehensive name metepencephalon, and to its cavity metepicœle.
1889 B. G. Wilder in A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 130/1 There is no evidence of the lines of division of the endyma in exposing the metepicœle (‘fourth ventricle’).
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