Anat. [a. Gr. (τὸ) ἐγκέφαλον what is within the head.] What is within the skull; the brain.
1741. Monro, Anat. Nerves (ed. 3), 14. The Cortex of the Encephalon.
1802. Med. Jrnl., VIII. 98. The meninges of the encephalon, as well as the brain itself, were in a state of high inflammation.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 259. The … Encephalon, is that enlarged part of the nervous centres which is contained within the cranium.
