encephalon

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encephalon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  encephalon \en*ceph"a*lon\, n.; pl. encephala. [NL. See
     Encephalos.] (Anat.)
     The contents of the cranium; the brain.
     [1913 Webster]

encephalon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  encephalon
      n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all
           the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
           continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain,
           encephalon]