'encephalon' definitions:
Definition of 'encephalon'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'encephalon'
From: GCIDE
- encephalon \en*ceph"a*lon\, n.; pl. encephala. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain. [1913 Webster]