Etymology

encephalon

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Today it means: The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἐγκέφαλος“within the head”
  2. English todayencephalon

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐγκέφαλος all →

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