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encephalon

en·cep·ha·lon

UK/ɛnˈsɛfələn/ US/ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/ uncommon

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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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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

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