encephalo-

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encephalo-

(word root) brain

Examples of words with the root encephalo-: encephalogram

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 before a vowel

encephal-

combining form

(Anatomy) indicating the brain: encephalogram; encephalitis.

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

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encephalo-

a combining form meaning “brain”: encephalograph.

[comb. form of Greek enképhalos. See encephalon]

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words with tri-syllabic prefixes (i.e., cinema-, encephalo-, entero-, cephalo-, hetero-, platino-, and sidero-) with accent on the first of the three syllables in the prefix (e.g.

Morphological make-up as the predictor of English word accent

The diagnosis ME (myalgic, meaning muscle pain, encephalo-, relating to the brain, myelitis, inflammation of the spinal cord), coined by the late Dr Melvin Ramsay in the 1950s, never was broke and didn't need fixing.

ME won't be accepted until a diagnostic test is discovered

'As Michelle cannot take up learning in a residential capacity, we are continuing to look for alternative options.' No known cure for mystery condition: Myalgic Encephalo- myelitis, or ME, first came to prominence in the 1980s, when it was labelled 'yuppie flu'.