| encephalartos | (n) any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves |
| encephalitis | (n) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use), Syn. phrenitis, cephalitis |
| encephalocele | (n) protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull |
| encephalogram | (n) an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast, Syn. pneumoencephalogram |
| encephalography | (n) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram |
| encephalomyelitis | (n) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord |
| encephalartos | n. any of numerous cycads of the genus |
| Encephalic | a. [ See Encephalon. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Encephalitis | n. [ NL., from Gr. |
| Encephalocele | n. [ Gr. |
| Encephaloid | n. An encephaloid cancer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Encephaloid | a. [ Gr.
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| Encephalology | n. [ Gr. |
| encephalon | n.; |
| Encephalopathy | n. [ Gr. |
| Encephalos | n. [ NL., fr. Gr. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] |