brain

The encephalon; all that part of the central nervous system which is contained within the skull, comprising the cerebrum and the cerebellum, the pons Varolii, and the medulla oblong at a. See cerebrum and cerebellum, afterb'. See metencephalon. b. bladders. The cerebral vesicles, b. case, b. chamber. That part of the skull which incloses the b. b'like. See encephaloid. b. pan. See. b. case. foreb. See prosencephalon, great b. See cerebrum, hindb. See epencephalon. interb. See thalamencephalon. little b. See cerebellum, midb. See mesencephalon. wet b. The cerebral edema of chronic alcoholism. [Old Eng., braegen, from low Eng., brdgen.1