Word: encephalon
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
ceph
a
lon
Definition: The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: covered
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: cephalo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: relating to the brain or head; the brain of certain animals used as meat
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κεφαλή
Language: grc
Decoded: kephale
PoS: Noun
Meaning: head
Affix: -on
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles quanta molecular units or substances .