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encephalon

[en-sef-uh-lon, -luhn] / ɛnˈsɛf əˌlɒn, -lən /


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The astronomical knowledge of the encephalon, that is, the most intimate to which we can aspire, only reveals to us matter in motion.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

Brains win, in the journalistic world as elsewhere, and "blowing" a circulation were equivalent to employing a brass band to call attention to the abnormal size of the editorial encephalon.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper

The Cerebrum or Great Brain lies above the plane of the tentorium, and forms much the largest division of the encephalon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

This is mainly an inference from the total weight of the encephalon.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

It really occupies only its median and superior portion, and a small section of the anterior surface of the spinal cord, adjacent to the encephalon.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)




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