: the constricted median lobe of the cerebellum that connects the two lateral lobes
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, literally, "worm," after excrescentia vermiformis "vermiform growth," translating Galen's Greek phrase epíphysis skōlēkoeidḗs; so called by Galen from its resemblance to a grub growing out of wood — more at worm entry 1
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