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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]