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That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
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encephalon
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Word definitions for encephalon in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
encephalon \en*ceph"a*lon\, n.; pl. encephala . [NL. See Encephalos .] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context neuroanatomy English) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain ] [also: encephala (pl)]
Usage examples of encephalon.
The physiological experimenter has also made it evident that the decussation of the conductors of sensitive impressions has its seat in the spinal core, and not in the encephalon, as had been supposed.