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metencephalic

metencephalic adjective: relating to the metencephalon.

Adjective

metencephalic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the metencephalon.

Origin of metencephalic

From metencephalon + -ic.

Questions about metencephalic

What does metencephalic mean?
Metencephalic means relating to the metencephalon.
What part of speech is metencephalic?
Metencephalic is an adjective.

Words near metencephalic in the dictionary

  1. metempsychosizing
  2. metempsychotic
  3. metempsychotically
  4. metemptosis
  5. metencephala
  6. metencephalic
  7. metencephalin
  8. metencephalins
  9. metencephalon
  10. metencephalons
  11. metendosternite

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