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encephalon

en-ceph′a-lon

,
Noun.
;
pl.
encephala
.
[NL. See
Encephalos
.]
(Anat.)
The contents of the cranium; the brain.

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encephalon

encephalon

English

Noun

encephalon (plural 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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