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metencephalon

metencephalon noun: the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

metencephalon: the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise
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Noun

metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)

  1. The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

metencephalon meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

metencephalon in Tamil

கருவில் மூளையின் கூறுவளரும் பகுதி

metencephalon in Gujarati

metencephalon
અનુમધ્યમસ્તિષ્ક anumadhyamastiṣk

Forms of metencephalon

pluralmetencephalons
pluralmetencephala

Origin of metencephalon

From met- + encephalon.

Words formed from metencephalon

Questions about metencephalon

What does metencephalon mean?
Metencephalon means the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.
What is metencephalon in Tamil?
Metencephalon in Tamil is கருவில் மூளையின் கூறுவளரும் பகுதி. See Metencephalon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metencephalon?
Metencephalon is a noun.
What is the plural of metencephalon?
The plural of metencephalon is metencephalons.

Words near metencephalon in the dictionary

  1. metemptosis
  2. metencephala
  3. metencephalic
  4. metencephalin
  5. metencephalins
  6. metencephalon
  7. metencephalons
  8. metendosternite
  9. metenkephalin
  10. metensomatoses
  11. metensomatosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metencephalon (page history and authors); metencephalon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અનુમધ્યમસ્તિષ્ક (Gujarati) (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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