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encephalo-

 
a combining form meaning “brain,” used in the formation of compound words: encephalograph.
Also, especially before a vowel, encephal-.

Origin:
< Gk enképhalos. See encephalon
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encephal-  
pref.  Variant of encephalo-.
encephalo- or encephal-  
pref.  Brain: encephalitis.

[New Latin, from Greek (muelos) enkephalos, (marrow) in the head : en-, in; see en-2 + kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots.]
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encephalo- or encephal-
pref.
Brain: encephalitis.

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