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The posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates
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myelencephalon
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n. the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults [also: myelencephala (pl)]
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Myelencephalon \My`e*len*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr. myelo`s marrow + E. encephalon.] (Anat.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal . The metencephalon. --Huxley.
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n. (context neuroanatomy English) The portion of the brain composed of the medulla oblongata.
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The myelencephalon or afterbrain is the most posterior region of the embryonic hindbrain, from which the medulla oblongata develops.