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NEOENCEPHALON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts
Synonyms:
neencephalon; neoencephalon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("neoencephalon" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Holonyms ("neoencephalon" 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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