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cerebellar |
cerebellar artery |
cerebellar hemisphere |
cerebellar vein |
cerebellous |
cerebellum
| cerebral
| cerebral aneurysm
| cerebral aqueduct
| cerebral artery
| cerebral cortex
cerebellum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cerebellum has 1 sense
- cerebellum(n = noun.body) Array - a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans; Array has parts: arteria cerebelli, cerebellar artery, cerebellar hemisphere, dentate nucleus, vermis, vermis cerebelli, paleocerebellum
is a kind of neural structure
is a part of hindbrain, rhombencephalon
Derived form adjective cerebellar1
CIDE DICTIONARY
cerebellum, n. [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.].
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cerebellum, n. (pl. cerebellums or cerebella) the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates, which coordinates and regulates muscular activity.
Derivative
cerebellar adj.
Etymology
L dimin. of CEREBRUM
THESAURUS
cerebellum
arachnoid, arbor vitae, archipallium, between brain, brain stem, cerebellar hemispheres, cerebral cortex, cerebrospinal fluid, cerebrum, convolution, corpus callosum, corpus striatum, diencephalon, dura mater, endbrain, fissure, folia, forebrain, fornix, frontal lobe, glial cells, globus pallidus, gray matter, gyrus, hindbrain, hippocampus, hypothalamus, lenticular nucleus, limbic lobe, little brain, lobe, mantle, medulla oblongata, meninges, mesencephalon, metencephalon, midbrain, myelencephalon, neopallium, occipital lobe, optic chiasm, pallium, parietal lobe, pia mater, pineal body, pituitary body, pons, reticular system, rhombencephalon, subthalamus, telencephalon, temporal lobe, thalamus, ventricle, vermis, white matter
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