Associations to the word «Encephalon»

Noun

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Wiktionary

ENCEPHALON, noun. (neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.

Dictionary definition

ENCEPHALON, noun. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.

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