encephalon

Meaning

The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.

Synonyms

brain

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cephalon

Translations

encéfalo

encéphale

encèfal

encefalo

encéfalo

cerveau

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εγκέφαλος

cervelle

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cérebro

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cervello

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Enzephalon

ansefal

beyin

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛnˈsɛfələn/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).