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after-brain
after-brain n. 
/ˈaftəbreɪn/,
Brit. /ˈɑːftəbreɪn/
, /ˈɑːftəbreɪn//ˈaftəbreɪn/U.S. /ˈæftərˌbreɪn/
now rare a posterior part of the brain; esp. the cerebellum or the medulla oblongata; cf. hindbrain n./ˈæftərˌbreɪn/ΘΚΠ
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cerebellum1565
after-brain1615
cerebel1621
brainlet1663
petty-brain1663
parencephalos1704
hindbrain1715
parencephalon1890
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 468 They are scituate betweene the forepart of the After-braine and backside of the third ventricle.
1764 St. James's Mag. 4 345 The brain, and after brain, of that animal, which fills the cavity, is but eight inches long.
1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (new ed.) I. 305 The after brain develops into..the prolonged marrow (medulla oblongata).
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1307 The hindmost part of the brain, giving off more nerves than all the rest taken together, is the medulla oblongata, or bulb, or after-brain.
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