encephalon
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈsɛfələn/, /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/, [ɛnˈsɛfəln̩], [ɛnˈsɛfəlɔn]; (in US, also) IPA(key): /ɪn-/, /-ˈsɛfəlɑn/‚ [ɪnˈsɛfəɫn̩], [ɪnˈsɛfəɫɑn]
Noun
encephalon (plural encephalons or encephala)
- (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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brain
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