encephalon

English

Etymology

encephalo- +‎ -on From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɛfələn/
• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/

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
• Catalan: encèfal (ca) m
• French: encéphale (fr) m
• Galician: encéfalo (gl)
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• Ido: encefalo (io)
• Italian: encefalo (it) m
• Polish: mózgowie n
• Spanish: encéfalo (es) m