Defn: To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCEPHALIC
En`ce*phal"ic, a. Etym: [See Encephalon.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
ENCEPHALITIS
En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the brain.
— En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
ENCEPHALOCELE
En*ceph"a*lo*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Hernia of the brain.
ENCEPHALOID
En*ceph"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Defn: Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.
ENCEPHALOID
En*ceph"a*loid, n.