NEOENCEPHALON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neoencephalon mean? 

• NEOENCEPHALON (noun)
  The noun NEOENCEPHALON has 1 sense:

1. the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts

  Familiarity information: NEOENCEPHALON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOENCEPHALON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neencephalon; neoencephalon

Hypernyms ("neoencephalon" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("neoencephalon" is a part of...):

brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)