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.

Synonyms

• brain

Derived terms

• encephalic

Translations

brain

• Basque: entzefalo
• Bulgarian: мозък (bg) m (mozǎk)
• Catalan: encèfal (ca) m
• French: encéphale (fr) m
• Galician: encéfalo (gl)
• Ido: encefalo (io)
• Ingrian: pääaivo
• Italian: encefalo (it) m
• Ottoman Turkish: دماغ (dimağ)
• Polish: mózgowie n
• Portuguese: encéfalo (pt) m
• Romanian: encefal (ro) n
• Spanish: encéfalo (es) m