encephalology

== English == === Etymology === From encephalo- +‎ -logy. === Noun === encephalology (uncountable) (archaic) The science of the brain and its structure and function. ==== Usage notes ==== No longer in common use. The term neuroscience now encapsulates most of what was known as encephalology. === References === “encephalology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.