encephalon
Americannoun
plural
encephalanoun
Other Word Forms
- encephalous adjective
Etymology
Origin of encephalon
1735–45; < New Latin, alteration ( -on for -os ) of Greek enképhalos (adj.) within the head, as masculine noun, brain; en- 2, -cephalous
Example Sentences
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The Cerebrum or Great Brain lies above the plane of the tentorium, and forms much the largest division of the encephalon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The astronomical knowledge of the encephalon, that is, the most intimate to which we can aspire, only reveals to us matter in motion.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred
Broca, the most eminent of French anthropologists, regarded as an absurdity the attempt to establish a necessary relation between the development of intelligence and the volume and weight of the encephalon.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
It really occupies only its median and superior portion, and a small section of the anterior surface of the spinal cord, adjacent to the encephalon.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
This is mainly an inference from the total weight of the encephalon.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin
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