| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·ceph·a·lon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-sf  -l n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. en·ceph·a·la (-l)
The brain of a vertebrate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek enkephalon, from neuter of enkephalos, in the head. See encephalo–. | | OTHER FORMS: | en·cepha·lous —ADJECTIVE
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