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‖ myelencephalon Anat.|ˌmaɪəlɛnˈsɛfəlɒn|
[f. Gr. µυελός, -όν marrow + encephalon.]
a. The cerebro-spinal axis or system (Owen).
b. The medulla oblongata (Huxley). So myelenceˈphalic a., pertaining to or connected with the myelencephalon; myelenˈcephalous a., (a) = myelencephalic; (b) pertaining to the sub-kingdom Myelencephala (Owen) or vertebrates.
[1843Owen Lect. Comp. Anat., Invertebrates 12 The sub-kingdom Vertebrata, or Myelencephala.] 1846― Lect. Anat. Vertebrate Anim. i. Fishes 46 The perfect type of that primary segment of the myelencephalous skeleton. 1866― Anat. Vertebr. I. 268 Myelencephalon of Fishes. 1866Ibid. III. 79 The myelencephalic columns. 1871Huxley Anat. Vert. 72 All the other cerebral nerves originate in the posterior division of the hind-brain—the myelencephalon. |