| encephalocele | <medicine> Hernia of the brain. Origin: Gr. The brain + tumour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| encephaloclastic microcephaly | Complex growth disturbances in the brain as a result of regressive changes in foetal life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis | A rare syndrome of multiple fibrolipomas or angiofibroma of the face, scalp, and neck present at birth, sometimes with symptomatic intracranial lipomas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalocystocele | Protrusion, through a cleft in the skull, of brain substance expanded into a sac containing fluid. Synonym: encephalocystocele, hydrocephalocele, hydroencephalocele. Origin: hydr-+ G. Enkephalos, brain, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephaloduroarteriosynangios | S YN: duraencephalosynangiosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalodynia | Synonym: headache. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalodysplasia | Any congenital abnormality of the brain. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Dys, bad, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalogram | The record obtained by encephalography. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Gramma, a drawing (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalography | Radiographic representation of the brain. See: pneumoencephalography. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephaloid | An encephaloid cancer. Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. <medicine> Encephaloid cancer, a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See Cancer. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| encephaloid cancer | An obsolete term for medullary carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalolith | A concretion in the brain or one of its ventricles. Synonym: cerebral calculus. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalology | <study> The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions. Origin: Gr. The brain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| encephaloma | <oncology, tumour> Any swelling or tumour of the brain. (09 Oct 1997) |
| encephalomalacia | Softening of the brain. (12 Dec 1998) |