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encephalon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encephalon \En*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See {Encephalos}.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: encephalon 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}]
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