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)

  1. (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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