encephalon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.

/ɛnˈsɛfələn/ /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/ /ɪn-/ /-ˈsɛfəlɑn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encephalon.wav

encephalon encephalons encephala

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

anencephaly cephalo- encephalic encephalitis encephalo- encephalomyelitis encephalomyelopathy encephalopathy

encephalonize metencephalon myelencephalon palaeoencephalon paleoencephalon parencephalon rhombencephalon thalamencephalon

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