encephalic, a.
(ɛnsɪˈfælɪk)
[f. Gr. ἐγκέϕαλ-ος the brain + -ic.]
Pertaining to the brain or encephalon.
| 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 447 Every encephalic nerve is enveloped by an external membrane. 1865 Grote Plato II. xxiii. 159 The..(encephalic) soul, located in the head. 1870 Daily News 1 Nov., Typhoid fever of the encephalic type. |