Associations to the word «Metencephalon»

Wiktionary

METENCEPHALON, noun. (anatomy) the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

Dictionary definition

METENCEPHALON, noun. The part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats