brain (n)
encephalon (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 08
def that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
def enclosed within the skull
def continuous with the spinal cord
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Hypernym neural structure
Part holonym head, caput; central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
Derivationally related form brain → brain; brain → brain
Part meronym circle of Willis; communicating artery, arteria communicans; brain cell; neencephalon, neoencephalon; forebrain, prosencephalon; midbrain, mesencephalon; hindbrain, rhombencephalon; brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem; ventricle
Incoming links
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cerebrospinal → brain; cerebrovascular → brain
Part holonym circle of Willis; communicating artery, arteria communicans; brain cell; neencephalon, neoencephalon; forebrain, prosencephalon; midbrain, mesencephalon; hindbrain, rhombencephalon; brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem; ventricle
Hyponym neural structure
Part meronym central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale; head, caput
Derivationally related form brain → brain; brain → brain

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