encephalic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of encephalic
Example Sentences
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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
From men wholly without philosophy, who never looked heavenward, the more brutal land animals are derived, losing the round form of the cranium by the slackening and stopping of the rotations of the encephalic soul.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
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
He has had the privilege of observing three patients who had holes in their skulls, permitting the examination of the encephalic movements and circulation.
From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman
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