CEREBELLUM


Meaning of CEREBELLUM in English

— cerebellar , adj.

/ser'euh bel"euhm/ , n. , pl. cerebellums, cerebella /-bel"euh/ . Anat., Zool.

a large portion of the brain, serving to coordinate voluntary movements, posture, and balance in humans, being in back of and below the cerebrum and consisting of two lateral lobes and a central lobe. See illus. under brain .

[ 1555-65; cerebrum; see CEREBRUM; for formation, see CASTELLUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .