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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Cerebral Neuralgia.—We enter, here, on an extremely obscure and doubtful subject: Can there be pain in the central masses of the encephalon?
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I consider the significance of the encephalon to depend upon the number and size of the cells composing it.
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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.
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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.
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The literal references to the foregoing are: am, amnion; al, allantois; v, vitellus; h, encephalon; i, eye; c, heart; f, liver; g, gizzard; ms, upper, and mi, lower member.
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