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encephalon

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɛnˈsɛfələn/Part of speech nounSorted aceehlnnopStarts with EEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. The brain, especially the part of the central nervous system inside the skull.

Word origin

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

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  • Meronyms: prosencephalon, telencephalon, diencephalon; mesencephalon; rhombencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon

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