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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Myelencephalon \My`e*len*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr. myelo`s marrow + E. encephalon.] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal. (b) The metencephalon. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

myelencephalon n 1: the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults