metepencephalon Anat.
(ˌmɛtɛpɛnˈsɛfələn)
Also anglicized metepencephal (-ˈsɛfəl). Pl. metepencephala.
[mod.L., f. meta- + epencephalon.]
In Wilder's nomenclature, the metencephalon and epencephalon taken together and considered as one segment.
| 1885 Wilder in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 21 Mar. 326 It is elsewhere suggested that those who admit only one segment between the mesencephalon and the myelon may apply thereto the comprehensive name metepencephalon, and to its cavity metepicœle. 1889 ― in Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 130/2 The compacted motor and sensory conductors between the prosodiencephal and metepencephal. |
Hence metepenceˈphalic a., of, pertaining to, or connected with the metepencephalon.
| 1890 in Century Dict.; and in later Dicts. |