What it means
The combining form used in words about the brain. Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain; encephalopathy is any disease that changes how the brain works, such as hepatic encephalopathy in liver failure; an electroencephalogram (EEG) records the brain's electrical activity. It is built from en- (in) and cephal/oSEF-uh-lohA word part that means head.Full entry (head): what is inside the head.
At a glance
| Also written | encephalo- |
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