Encephalon Definition
ĕn-sĕfə-lŏn
encephala
noun
The brain.
Webster's New World
(neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
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Origin of Encephalon
From Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enkephalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalē, “head”).
From Wiktionary
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Greek enkephalon from neuter of enkephalos in the head encephalo–
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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