encephalon
noun
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Sense 1 noun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Types & categories
- neural structure hypernym
Parts & wholes
- central nervous system part holonym
- head part holonym
- circle of Willis part meronym
- communicating artery part meronym
- brain cell part meronym
- neencephalon part meronym
- forebrain part meronym
- midbrain part meronym
- hindbrain part meronym
- brainstem part meronym
- ventricle part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brain |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | central nervous system |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | circle of Willis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | communicating artery |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | brain cell |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | neencephalon |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | forebrain |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | midbrain |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hindbrain |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | brainstem |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ventricle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | neural structure |