1. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centres; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
   "The encephalon is protected by the skull and meninges";
   - brain

Derived forms: encephala

Type of: neural structure

Part of: bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], caput [technical], central nervous system, CNS, dome [informal], head, melon [informal], napper [Brit, informal], nob [informal], noggin [informal], noodle [informal], nut [informal], skull [informal], systema nervosum centrale

Encyclopedia: Encephalon