enceinte (onsant)

[F., fem. of enceint ( see enceinte, n.] Pregnant; child. encenia, encænia (en-se'ni-ä), n. pl., used also as sing. [L. encania, a feast of renovation or consecration, a name for Easter, or of founders and benefactors: exceptionally IMG:content-0424.png:[blocks in formation] Encephalal (en-sef'a-la), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of encephalus, ter, a prime division or branch of the Mollusca, represented by two series, Lipo glo a and Echi no glo a, as together contrasted with Lipocepha la. The Encephala in this sense contain the gastropods, cephalopods, pteropods, and other forms. (c) A group of mollusks including those which have a head. Synonymous with Cepha lat a or Cephalophora (which see): distinguished from Acephala. encephala (en-sef'a-la), n. Plural of encepha IMG:content-0425.jpg:[blocks in formation] cephalon + -it is.] In pathol., inflammation of the brain.