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encephalic

American  
[en-suh-fal-ik] / ˌɛn səˈfæl ɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the encephalon or brain.


encephalic British  
/ ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk, ˌɛnkɪ- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the brain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of encephalic

First recorded in 1825–35; encephal- + -ic


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I ended up finding it easier to move through the encephalic color scans than the black-and-white projections.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023

On Monday, doctors attending Calero, 41, pronounced the former Pachuca goalie and the club's current goalkeeper coach brain dead after complications from an arterial thrombosis and encephalic edema.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2012

The pattern of Dr. Simon Cartwright's encephalic emanations, and the approximate position of the center of these emanations were impressed on its mind.

From The Honored Prophet by William E. Bentley

From men wholly without philosophy, who never looked heavenward, the more brutal land animals are derived, losing the round form of the cranium by the slackening and stopping of the rotations of the encephalic soul.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison

The needle on the encephalic meter in the lid of the kit never flickered.

From Code Three by Rick Raphael

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