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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
encephalon /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn, -ˈkɛf-/

▶noun Anatomy the brain.

– origin C18: from Gk enkephalon ‘what is inside the head’, from en- ‘inside’ + kephalē ‘head’.

'encephalon' also found in these Oxford entries:

diencephalon - mesencephalon - prosencephalon - rhombencephalon - telencephalon

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