Thesaurus: encephalon
The contents of the cranium; the brain.
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- n. The contents of the cranium; the brain.
- n. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- n that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord