encephalon
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 书面借自 ←古希腊语 ἐγκέφαλος “within the head”
词源说明
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- (neuroanatomy, especially embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.