Neencephalon

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

  neencephalon \ne`en*ceph"a*lon\
     (n[=e]`[e^]n*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[o^]n), (Anat.)
     The most recently evolved part of the brain of higher
     animals. It includes the cerebral cortex and related
     structures.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neencephalon
       n : the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic
           origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts [syn: {neoencephalon}]