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Thalamencephalon :: Thalamencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain..

Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The metencephalon.

Prosencephalic :: Prosencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Prosencephalon :: Prosencephalon (n.) The cerebrum.

Epen :: Epen (n.) See Epencephalon.

Interbrain :: Interbrain (n.) See Thalamencephalon.

Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.

Mesencephalon :: Mesencephalon (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

Prosencephalon :: Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain..

Rhinencephalic :: Rhinencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

Hindbrain :: Hindbrain (n.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only..

Rhinencephalon :: Rhinencephalon (n.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise..

Epencephalic :: Epencephalic (a.) Pertaining to the epencephalon.

Forebrain :: Forebrain (n.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain..

Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

En- :: En- () A prefix from Gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-..

Midbrain :: Midbrain (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

Metencephalon :: Metencephalon (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten..

Encephalic :: Encephalic (a.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

Diencephalon :: Diencephalon (n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

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