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

From Code Three by Raphael, Rick

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

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

Let us suspend, by any means, the activity of the encephalic mass, by arresting the circulation of the blood for example, and the psychic function is at once inhibited.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

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