different between cerebellum vs corticocerebellar

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?se???bel?m/

Noun

cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)

1. (neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

Holonyms

• hindbrain

Derived terms

Related terms

• cerebrum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From cerebrum (“brain”), with the diminutive suffix -ellum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ke.re?bel.lum/, [k????b?l?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??e.re?bel.lum/, [t??????b?l?um]

Noun

cerebellum n (genitive cerebell?); second declension

1. brain, little brain
2. seat of senses, intellect

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• cerebellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerebellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

cortico- +? cerebellar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?(?)

Adjective

corticocerebellar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex