ENCEPHALON as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
   • enclosed within the skull
   • continuous with the spinal cord
   Synonym(s)
   • brain (what does brain mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) encephalon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • neural structure (what does neural structure mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • brain (what does brain mean?)
   • brain (what does brain mean?)