encéfalo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Internationalism. Learned borrowing from New Latin encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧cé‧fa‧lo === Noun === encéfalo m (plural encéfalos) (neuroanatomy) cephalon (neuroanatomy) encephalon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “encéfalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encéfalo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “encéfalo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “encéfalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Internationalism. Learned borrowing from New Latin encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enˈθefalo/ [ẽn̟ˈθe.fa.lo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /enˈsefalo/ [ẽnˈse.fa.lo] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -efalo Syllabification: en‧cé‧fa‧lo === Noun === encéfalo m (plural encéfalos) (neuroanatomy) cephalon (neuroanatomy) encephalon ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “encéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025