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Encephalos

Encephalos \En*ceph"a*los\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'egke`falos; 'en in + kefalh` head.] (Anat.) The encephalon.

In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.
--Sir W. Hamilton.

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encephalos

n. (context anatomy English) The encephalon.