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Afterbrain

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Noun
  1. 1
    A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.

    "Below the hindbrain, in the vicinity of the afterbrain, the spinal furrow does not close, and there remains here an open passage-way to the contiguous lower portion."

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From after- + brain, a calque of German Nachhirn.

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