Cerebellum

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerebellum \Cer`e*bel"lum\, n.; pl. E. {Cerebellums}, L.
     {Cerebella}. [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.] (Anat.)
     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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cerebellum
       n : a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the
           medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
       [also: {cerebella} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "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