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Webster 1913 Edition

Encephalos

En-ceph′a-los

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἐγκέφαλος

;

ἐν

in +

κεφαλή

head.]

(Anat.)

The encephalon.

In man the

encephalos

reaches its full size about seven years of age.

Sir W. Hamilton.