Paleencephalon

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

  paleencephalon \paleencephalon\ n.
     The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; it
     includes most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
  
     Syn: paleoencephalon, palaeoencephalon.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paleencephalon
       n : the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most
           structures other than the cerebral cortex [syn: {paleoencephalon},
            {palaeencephalon}]