Encephala

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  encephalon \en*ceph"a*lon\, n.; pl. {encephala}. [NL. See
     {Encephalos}.] (Anat.)
     The contents of the cranium; the brain.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  encephala
       See {encephalon}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encephalon
       n : that part of the central nervous system that includes all
           the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
           continuous with the spinal cord [syn: {brain}]
       [also: {encephala} (pl)]