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encephalo- 或 encephal-
pref.（前缀）
  1. Brain:
    大脑：
    encephalitis.
    脑炎

语源
  1. New Latin
    现代拉丁语
  2. from Greek (muelos) enkephalos [(marrow) in the head]
    源自 希腊语 (muelos) enkephalos [（髓）在头部]
  3. en- [in] * see en- 2
    en- [在…中] *参见 en-2
  4. kephalē [head] * see ghebh-el-
    kephalē [头部] *参见 ghebh-el-
encephalo- or (before a vowel) encephal-

combining form

indicating the brain
⇒ encephalogram
⇒ encephalitis

Origin

from New Latin, from Greek enkephalos, from en- in + kephalē head

encephalo-

Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “brain,” used in the formation of compound words:
encephalograph.
Also, especially before a vowel, encephal-.
Origin
< Greek enképhalos. See encephalon

Related Words

  • encephalograph
  • encephalomalacia
  • encephalomyelitis
  • encephalomyocarditis
  • encephalopathy
encephalo-a word element meaning 'brain', as in encephalomyelitis.
Also, encephal-. [Greek enkephalo-, combining form of enkephalos]
encephalo-
combining form
⇨ see encephal-
encephalo-
/enˈsefələʊ/  
combining form
of or relating to the brain
（与）脑（有关）的：

encephalopathy.

词源
from Greek enkephalos.
encephalo-|ɛnˈsɛfələʊ, ɛnˈkɛfələʊ|comb. form of Gr. ἐγκέϕαλος brain, as in encephalogram |ɛnˈsɛfələʊgræm, ɛnˈkɛf-|, an X-ray photograph of the brain; encephalograph |ɛnˈsɛfələʊgrɑːf, -æf, ɛnˈkɛf-|, (a) = encephalogram; (b) an instrument for recording the electrical activity of the brain, electro-encephalograph; encephaˈlography [ad. G. encephalographie (A. Bingel 1921, in Fortschr. auf d. Gebiete d. Röntgenstrahlen XXVIII. 205)], the radiological examination of the brain (see quot. 1955); hence encephaloˈgraphic a.; enˈcephalolith, a concretion in the brain (Billings); encephaˈlology, a description of the brain; the science of the brain; enˌcephalomaˈlacia, softening of the brain; enˌcephalomeˈningocele, protrusion through a fissure in the skull of brain-substance with the attached membranes; enˌcephalomyeˈlitis, inflammation of both the brain and the spinal cord; any of various virus diseases characterized by fever and lack of co-ordination and damage to the central nervous system.1928Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. IV. 828 (title) Case report illustrating the early diagnostic significance of the encephalogram.1959B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Path. x. 306 The possibility that the encephalograms are themselves affected by experience deserves at least to be considered.1934Webster, Encephalograph.1955Oxf. Jun. Encycl. XI. 307/1 The ‘encephalograph’, a device which records electrical effects of the activity of the brain.1922Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. LXXVIII. 622/2 Bingel discusses his..technic for encephalography or the roentgenographic representation of the brain.Ibid., He reported 100 cases in which encephalographic data had been secured.1955Gloss. Terms Radiology (B.S.I.) 21 Encephalography, the radiological examination of the ventricles and subarachnoid space following the injection of air by cisternal or lumbar puncture.1962Lancet 8 Dec. 1205/1 The electroencephalogram shows that the cerebral cortex has been extensively destroyed, and this can readily be confirmed by air encephalography.1824(title) Encephalology, or a very brief Sketch of Dr. Hirnschadel's Ologies of the Cranion and Phren perfected by the Rationals.1842Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 3) 263/2 Encephalomalacia, mollities cerebri.1863D. Maclachlan Pract. Treat. Dis. Advanced Life viii. 172 (heading) Encephalomalacia, necrencephalus, ramollissement cérébral, or softening of the brain.1912Adami & McCrae Path. 487 The result of such embolism is encephalomalacia.1900Index Catal. Libr. Surgeon-General's Off., U.S. Army 2nd Ser. V. 1/2 Encephalomeningocele, See Brain (Hernia of).1905T. H. Green's Path. (ed. 10) 11 They [sc. pouches in the cranium] may contain brain-substance (encephalocele), or brain-substance and fluid (encephalomeningocele).1908Jrnl. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. XXXV. 388 (title) A case of probable encephalomyelitis.1939Ann. Reg. 1938 376 Man is susceptible to equine encephalomyelitis.1963Greenfield & Norman in W. Blackwood Greenfield's Neuropath. (ed. 2) viii. 475 Encephalomyelitis as a sequel to acute infectious disease, especially smallpox..and measles.., has been known for two centuries.1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxiv. 1197 Rabies is essentially an acute encephalomyelitis.
encephalo-
before vowels encephal-, word-forming element meaning "brain, of the brain," from comb. form of medical Latin encephalon, from Greek enkephalos "the brain," literally "within the head," from en "in" (see en-(2)) + kephale "head;" see cephalo-.
encephalo- /ɛnˈsɛf(ə)ləʊ, ɛnˈkɛf-/ combining form of Greek egkephalos brain, formed as en-2 + kephalē head: see -o-. Before a vowel encephal-.
 DERIVATIVE encephalocele noun a congenital protrusion of part of the brain through a defect in the skull M19.
encephalogram noun an X-ray photograph of the brain E20.
encephalograph noun (a) = encephalogram; (b) = electroencephalograph: M20.
encephaloˈgraphic adjective of or pertaining to encephalography E20.
encephaˈlography noun the radiological investigation of the brain E20.
encephalomyeˈlitis noun inflammation of the brain and the spinal cord; any of several virus diseases (e.g. rabies) so characterized: E20.
encephaloˈpathic adjective of, pertaining to, or causing encephalopathy L19.
encephaˈlopathy noun (a) degenerative disease of the brain (bovine spongiform encephalopathy: see bovine adjective 1,spongiform encephalopathy: see spongiform 1) L19.
encephalo-
combining form. the brain: Encephalomalacia = a softening of the brain. Also, encephal- before vowels.
[< Greek enképhalos brain]
encephalo-
combining form
see encephal-

encephalo-

Prefix

  1. Pertaining to the brain.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”).

Derived terms

English words prefixed with encephalo-
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