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epencephalon

epencephalon noun: the hindbrain.

Noun

epencephalon (plural epencephala)

  1. (archaic) the hindbrain.

epencephalon meaning in Tamil

epencephalon in Tamil

நடுமூளைக்குப் பின்னுள்ள மூளைப்பகுதி

Forms of epencephalon

pluralepencephala

Origin of epencephalon

From New Latin epencephalon, from ep- + encephalon.

Words formed from epencephalon

Questions about epencephalon

What does epencephalon mean?
Epencephalon means the hindbrain.
What is epencephalon in Tamil?
Epencephalon in Tamil is நடுமூளைக்குப் பின்னுள்ள மூளைப்பகுதி. See Epencephalon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epencephalon?
Epencephalon is a noun.
What is the plural of epencephalon?
The plural of epencephalon is epencephala.

Words near epencephalon in the dictionary

  1. epeirogeny
  2. epeirology
  3. epeme
  4. epencephala
  5. epencephalic
  6. epencephalon
  7. ependyma
  8. ependymal
  9. ependymas
  10. ependymites
  11. ependymitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epencephalon (page history and authors); epencephalon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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