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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metencephalon \Met`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [Met- + encephalon.]
   (Anat.)
   The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the
   afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metencephalon
    n 1: the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and
         the cerebellum