[1825–35; encephal- + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: breakdown, cross section, electrolyte, individualism, relativity-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'encephalic' in a sentence
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Encephalic and medullar fragments were processed using the histological technique and stained with hematoxilin-eosin.
Ênio Chaves de Oliveira, João Roberto da Mata, Márcio Christian Rodrigues de Souza,Fabiana Ribeiro da Mata, Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira 2008, 'Alterações morfológicas do sistema nervoso central induzidas em camundongospor Trypanosoma cruzi - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i1.4398Morphological alterations in the central nervous system induced in mice by Trypanosomacruzi - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i1.4398', Acta Scientiarum: Health Scienceshttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHealthSci/article/view/4398. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A clear association between the suppression of encephalic neuropoiesis and overactivity was not established.
Yuko Hisatomi, Kyo Asakura, Kenji Kugino, Mamoru Kurokawa, Tomiko Asakura, Keiko Nakata 2013, 'Changes in brain tissue and behavior patterns induced by single short-term fastingin mice.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3818263?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fibroblasts and collagenous fibers surround and limit these granulomata of the encephalic parenchyma.
Walter C. Pereira, Açucena Raphael, Jamil Sallum 1965, 'Lesões neurológicas na blastomicose sul-americana estudo anatomopatológico de 14 casos',Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1965000200005&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here we assess the encephalic volume and structure of modern crocodilians.
Daniel Jirak, Jiri Janacek 2017, 'Volume of the crocodilian brain and endocast during ontogeny', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0178491. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In order to perform a cardiac transplant, the donor must meet criteria for encephalic death.
Fernán del C Mendoza 2007, 'Aspectos ético legales del trasplante de corazón Ethical and legal aspects of hearttransplant', Revista Colombiana de Cardiologíahttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-56332007000500003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The elderly females with cysticercosis had more cardiac and encephalic inflammation.
Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz,Laura Penna Rocha, Ana Carolina Guimarães Faleiros, Ruy de Souza Lino Junior, MarleneAntônia dos Reis, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira 2012, 'Influence of Gender on Cardiac and Encephalic Inflammation in the Elderly with Cysticercosis:A Case Control Study', Journal of Tropical Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/540858. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The cerebro-spinal magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple hemangioblastomas, both encephalic and medullar.
Kawtar Alaoui Sekkouri, S Rachidi Alaoui, F Batta, K Alaoui Belghiti, H Alaoui, CEl Fadil, Arrayhani, T Sqalli Husseini 2015, 'Dizziness and renal failure revealing the Von Hippel Lindau disease', Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantationhttp://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2015;volume=26;issue=6;spage=1266;epage=1269;aulast=Sekkouri. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Other differences in the performances of patients with encephalic tumours and the performances of normal controls were not significant.
E. Castro-Sierra, E. Paredes-Díaz, J. A. Lazareff 1997, 'Short-Term and Procedural Memory for Colours and Inferior Temporal Cortex Activity',Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1997-102-306. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An encephalic computer tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging increased the accuracy of defining the nature of the lesion.
El El Maaqili Moulay, Hossini Adil, El Fatemi Nizar, Gana Rachid, Saïdi Amar, JiddaneMohammed, Bellakhdar Fouad 2012, 'Primary glioblastoma of the cerebellum in a 19-year-old woman: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/6/1/329. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)