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encephalon

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


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Beyond this, it is an excitant of the cerebro-spinal axis, later it has a peculiar action on the encephalon, manifest in a wide range of psychical phenomena.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

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)

I consider the significance of the encephalon to depend upon the number and size of the cells composing it.

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

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 physiological experimenter has also made it evident that the decussation of the conductors of sensitive impressions has its seat in the spinal core, and not in the encephalon, as had been supposed.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell