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English *noun*: encephalon
1.	encephalon (body) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
		Synonyms	brain
		Broader (hypernym)	neural structure
		Part holonym	arteria communicans, brain cell, brain stem, brain-stem, brainstem, circle of Willis, communicating artery, forebrain, hindbrain, mesencephalon, midbrain, neencephalon, neoencephalon, prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, ventricle
		Part meronym	caput, central nervous system, CNS, head, systema nervosum centrale

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