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Myelencephalon

‖

Myˊe-len-ceph′a-lon

,

Noun.

[NL., from Gr.

μυελόσ

marrow + E.

encephalon

.]

(Anat.)

(a)

The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis. Sometimes abbreviated to

myelencephal

.

(b)

The metencephalon.

Huxley.