encephalic

American  

[en-suh-fal-ik] / ˌɛn səˈfæl ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the encephalon or brain.

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encephalic British  

/ ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk, ˌɛnkɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the brain

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Etymology

Origin of encephalic

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

Example Sentences

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

From Slate

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

But man himself, a well-organized, thoughtful, intelligent, well-educated man, by a fall from a horse, by a tile from a roof, may receive an injury to his nervous encephalic apparatus, and may be, even while a man in shape, as low as the brute in the imbecility of his reason, and inferior to the brute in physical strength.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

Before him, on encephalic films, their forms and faces moved as clearly as though both were in the room.

From Project Gutenberg