encephalon
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The central portion comprises the brain or encephalon and the spinal cord.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The physiological experimenter has also made it evident that the decussation of the conductors of sensitive impressions has its seat in the spinal core, and not in the encephalon, as had been supposed.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The literal references to the foregoing are: am, amnion; al, allantois; v, vitellus; h, encephalon; i, eye; c, heart; f, liver; g, gizzard; ms, upper, and mi, lower member.
From Was Man Created? by Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus)
Brains win, in the journalistic world as elsewhere, and "blowing" a circulation were equivalent to employing a brass band to call attention to the abnormal size of the editorial encephalon.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
Broca, the most eminent of French anthropologists, regarded as an absurdity the attempt to establish a necessary relation between the development of intelligence and the volume and weight of the encephalon.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
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