Encephalon

en-sef′al-on, n. the brain.— adj. Encephal′ic , belonging to the head or brain.— ns. Encephalī′tis , inflammation of the brain; Enceph′alocele , a protrusion of portion of the brain through the skull, where the bones are incomplete in infancy.— adj. Enceph′aloid , resembling the matter of the brain.— n. Encephalot′omy , di ection of the brain.— adj. Enceph′alous , cephalous. [Gr.,— en , in, kephalē , the head.]