encephalon Anat.
(ɛnˈsɛfələn)
[a. Gr. (τὸ) ἐγκέϕαλον what is within the head.]
What is within the skull; the brain.
| 1741 Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 14 The Cortex of the Encephalon. 1802 Med. Jrnl. VIII. 98 The meninges of the encephalon, as well as the brain itself, were in a state of high inflammation. 1881 Mivart Cat 259 The..Encephalon, is that enlarged part of the nervous centres which is contained within the cranium. |