myelencephalicadj.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlɛnsᵻˈfalɪk/, /ˌmʌɪᵻlɛnkɛˈfalɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪəlˌɛnsəˈfælɪk/ Anatomy.† 1. = cerebro-spinal adj. Cf. myelencephalous adj. Obsolete.
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cerebro-spinal1826
neural1846
myelencephalic1868
neuraxial1889
1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 79 The myelencephalic columns.
1890 Cent. Dict. Myelencephalic, of or pertaining to the cerebrospinal axis; cerebrospinal.
2. Of or relating to the myelencephalon or medulla oblongata.
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medullar?1541
medullary1649
olivary1844
macromyelonal1868
supraspinal1878
oblongatal1885
myelencephalic1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Myelencephalic, of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata.
1908 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 199 151 In Ornithorhynchus the tendency to neuromeric segmentation manifests itself..in the tapering myencephalic region, behind the third postfacial neuromere, but in front of the first somite.
1965 Tohoku Jrnl. Exper. Med. 87 337 This suggests that the blood pressure elevation produced by myelencephalic stimulation is not always adrenal-dependent.
1977 Science 1 July 78/3 Myelencephalic and spinal areas have been implicated in the mediation of copulatory reflexes.
1995 Med. Hypotheses 44 251 The premammalian forms do not show the metencephalic and myelencephalic divisions of the rhombencephalon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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