encephalon
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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 Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Mott
Cerebral Neuralgia.—We enter, here, on an extremely obscure and doubtful subject: Can there be pain in the central masses of the encephalon?
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
Beyond this, it is an excitant of the cerebro-spinal axis, later it has a peculiar action on the encephalon, manifest in a wide range of psychical phenomena.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
This is mainly an inference from the total weight of the encephalon.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
I consider the significance of the encephalon to depend upon the number and size of the cells composing it.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
