Dictionary entry

Myelencephalon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖My′e‐len‐ceph″a‐lon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. μυελόσ marrow + E. encephalon.] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal. (b) The metencephalon. Huxley.