encephalon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (also) in US
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/
- /ɛnˈsɛfələn/
- /-ˈsɛfəlɑn/ (also) in US
- (also) in US
- /ɪn-/ (also) in US
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Meanings
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The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
Meronyms: prosencephalon, telencephalon, diencephalon; mesencephalon; rhombencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| encephalons | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| encephala | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rhinencephalon · epencephalon · parencephalon · palaeoencephalon · metencephalon · encephalonize · rhombencephalon · thalamencephalon · myelencephalon · archencephalon · paleoencephalon
Relateds
encephalic · encephalitis · encephalopathy · cephalo- · anencephaly · encephalomyelopathy · encephalomyelitis · encephalo-
Translations (13)
ota دماغ (brain) · ca encèfal (brain) · io encefalo (brain) · fr encéphale (brain) · pt encéfalo (brain) · bg мозък (brain) · izh pääaivo (brain) · gl encéfalo (brain) · pl mózgowie (brain) · es encéfalo (brain) · ro encefal (brain) · it encefalo (brain) · eu entzefalo (brain)