Word Meanings - METENCEPHALON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.

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• MEDULLARY
  Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove , a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube from which the brain and spinal cord are developed. -- Medullary rays , the rays of
• BRAIN
  The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• MEDULLA
  The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata. (more info) 1. Marrow; pith; hence, essence. Milton.
• ABBREVIATION
  One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore. (more info) 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor. 3. The form to
• ABBREVIATED
  Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
• ABBREVIATORY
  Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
• ABBREVIATOR
  1. One who abbreviates or shortens. 2. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official
• INCLUDED
  Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
• METENCEPHALON
  The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
• POSTERIORLY
  Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
• BRAINSICKLY
  In a brainsick manner.
• ABBREVIATURE
  1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. 2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.
• MEDULLATED
  Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
• BRAINSICK
  Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
• BRAINED
  Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.
• POSTERIORITY
  The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
• POSTERIORS
  The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
• BRAINISH
  Hot-headed; furious. Shak.
• MEDULLAR
  See MEDULLARY
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• SICK-BRAINED
  Disordered in the brain.
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• CRACK-BRAINED
  Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
• FAT-BRAINED
  Dull of apprehension.
• 'TWIXT-BRAIN
  The thalamen
• MADBRAINED
  Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
• SHALLOW-BRAINED
  Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
• COCK-BRAINED
  Giddy; rash. Milton.
• MIDBRAIN
  The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
• SCATTER-BRAIN
  A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.