neoencephalon

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Noun

1.neoencephalon - the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related partsneencephalonneural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systembrain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

neoencephalon

[¦nē·ō·in′sef·ə‚län] (anatomy) neencephalon

neoencephalon

ne·en·ceph·a·lon

(nē'en-sef'ă-lon), L. Edinger's term for the higher levels of the central nervous system superimposed on the metameric or propriospinal system (paleencephalon). Synonym(s): neoencephalon [G. neos, new, + enkephalos, brain]

neoencephalon

A term of uncertain utility for the portion of the brain involved in higher cortical functions that is not equivalent to the neocerebellum or to the neocortex.

neoencephalon

noun

Synonyms for neoencephalon

noun the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin

Synonyms

neencephalon

Related Words

neural structure
brain
encephalon

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