epencephalon

American

[ep-uhn-sef-uh-lon, -luhn] / ˌɛp ənˈsɛf əˌlɒn, -lən /

noun

Anatomy.

the hindbrain.

epencephalon British

/ ˌɛpɛnsɛˈfælɪk, ˌɛpɛnˈsɛfəˌlɒn /

noun

the cerebellum and pons Varolii
the part of the embryonic brain that develops into this; metencephalon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

epencephalic

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

epencephala

plural
epencephalons

plural

Etymology

Origin of epencephalon

First recorded in 1850–55; ep- + encephalon

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023