encephalon

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The central portion comprises the brain or encephalon and the spinal cord.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

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

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)

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