"encephalon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛnˈsɛfələn/, /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/, [ɛnˈsɛfəln̩], [ɛnˈsɛfəlɔn], /ɪn-/, /-ˈsɛfəlɑn/, [ɪnˈsɛfəɫn̩], [ɪnˈsɛfəɫɑn] Forms: encephalons [plural], encephala [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|ἐγκέφαλος||within the head}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), {{m|grc|ἐν||in}} ἐν (en, “in”), {{m|grc|κεφαλή||head}} κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|encephala}} encephalon (plural encephalons or encephala)
  1. (neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain. Wikipedia link: encephalon Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: brain Derived forms: encephalic Translations (brain): entzefalo (Basque), мозък (mozǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), encèfal [masculine] (Catalan), encéphale [masculine] (French), encéfalo (Galician), encefalo (Ido), pääaivo (Ingrian), encefalo [masculine] (Italian), دماغ (dimağ) (Ottoman Turkish), mózgowie [neuter] (Polish), encéfalo [masculine] (Portuguese), encefal [neuter] (Romanian), encéfalo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-encephalon-en-noun-dG2oI78o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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