Encephalon

from 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}]

from 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]

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