Medical Definition of Neocerebellum

1. Phylogenetic term referring to the larger lateral portion of the cerebellar hemisphere receiving its dominant input from the pontine nuclei which, in turn, are dominated by afferent nerves originating from all parts of the cerebral cortex; phylogenetically, of more recent origin than the archicerebellum and paleocerebellum, q.v., the neocerebellum reaches its largest development in humans and other primates. Synonym: corticocerebellum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neocerebellum

Neoalleviase
neoantigens
neoarsphenamine
neoarthrosis
Neoascaris vitulorum
neobiogenesis
Neobiotic
neoblast
neoblastic
neoblasts
neocarida
neocarratetraose 4-O-monosulfate beta-hydrolase
neocene
Neoceratodus
Neoceratodus forsteri
neocerebellum (current term)
neochymotrypsinogen
neocinchophen
neoclassic
neoclassical
neoclassical diffusion
neoclassicism
neoclassicisms
neoclassicist
neoclassicistic
neoclassicists
neocolonial
neocolonialism
neocolonialisms
neocolonialist

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