myelencephalon

1. 1.

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

   Broaderneural structure

   Part ofhindbrain

Other forms of myelencephalon

plural

myelencephala

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about myelencephalon

What does myelencephalon mean?

myelencephalon means "the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults".

How many syllables are in myelencephalon?

myelencephalon has 5 syllables: mye-len-ce-pha-lon. The stress falls on "ce".

Is myelencephalon a common word?

myelencephalon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.