Defenition of the word encephalon
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Defenition of the word encephalon
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Synonyms for the word encephalon
Meronymys for the word encephalon
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- arteria communicans
- brain cell
- brain stem
- brainstem
- caput
- central nervous system
- circle of Willis
- CNS
- communicating artery
- forebrain
- fornix
- head
- hindbrain
- mesencephalon
- midbrain
- neencephalon
- neoencephalon
- prosencephalon
- rhombencephalon
- systema nervosum centrale
- ventricle
Hypernyms for the word encephalon
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