cerebellum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cer=e=bel=lum

CIDE DICTIONARY

cerebellum, n. [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.].

 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cerebellum, n. (pl. cerebellums or cerebella) the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates, which coordinates and regulates muscular activity.

Derivative

cerebellar adj.

Etymology

L dimin. of CEREBRUM

THESAURUS

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