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HINDBRAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
Synonyms:
hindbrain; rhombencephalon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hindbrain" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Meronyms (parts of "hindbrain"):
cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)
myelencephalon (the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hindbrain"):
metencephalon (the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum)
Holonyms ("hindbrain" is a part of...):
brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
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