encephalon
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encephala
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noun
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Origin of encephalon
1735–45; < New Latin, alteration ( -on for -os ) of Greek enképhalos (adj.) within the head, as masculine noun, brain; see en- 2, -cephalous
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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
Beyond this, it is an excitant of the cerebro-spinal axis, later it has a peculiar action on the encephalon, manifest in a wide range of psychical phenomena.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
The central portion comprises the brain or encephalon and the spinal cord.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
This is mainly an inference from the total weight of the encephalon.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
In the mollusc, on the contrary, the retina is derived from the ectoderm directly, and not indirectly by means of the embryonic encephalon.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
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