"encéfalo" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /enˈθefalo/ [Spain], [ẽn̟ˈθe.fa.lo] [Spain], /enˈsefalo/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [ẽnˈse.fa.lo] [Latin-America, Philippines] Forms: encéfalos [plural]
Rhymes: -efalo Etymology: From medical New Latin encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Etymology templates: {{bor|es|NL.|encephalon}} New Latin encephalon, {{der|es|grc|ἐγκέφαλος||within the head}} Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} encéfalo m (plural encéfalos)
  1. cephalon Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-encéfalo-es-noun-~mMeTKEM Disambiguation of Anatomy: 96 4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. encephalon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-encéfalo-es-noun-EygirmIH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tronco del encéfalo (english: brain stem)

Inflected forms

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