Type: Term Pronunciation: en-sef′ă-lon, lă Definitions: 1. That portion of the cerebrospinal axis contained within the cranium, composed of the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=28918
encephalon 1. The brain of a vertebrate. 2. That part of the central nervous system which includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/726/3