Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: En*ceph"a*lon, n. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.)
The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Synonyms: brain

See Also: arteria communicans, brain cell, brain stem, brainstem, caput, central nervous system, circle of Willis, CNS, communicating artery, forebrain, fornix, head, hindbrain, mesencephalon, midbrain, neencephalon, neoencephalon, neural structure, prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, systema nervosum centrale, ventricle

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