Usually means: Brains or brain-like structures collectively.
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  1. encephala: Merriam-Webster
  2. encephala: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. encephala: Collins English Dictionary
  4. encephala: Wordnik
  5. encephala: Wiktionary
  6. encephala: Dictionary.com
  7. encephala: FreeDictionary.org
  8. encephala: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. encephala: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. encephala: Medical dictionary

(Note: See encephalon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (encephalon)

noun:  (neuroanatomy, especially embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
▸ Also see encephalon


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