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encephalize

encephalize verb: to migrate brain function from the subcortical centres to the cortex.

Verb

encephalize (third-person singular simple present encephalizes, present participle encephalizing, simple past and past participle encephalized)

  1. To migrate brain function from the subcortical centres to the cortex.
  2. (intransitive) To evolve a large head or brain.
  3. (rare, transitive) To place under control of the brain.

Forms of encephalize

third-person singular presentencephalizes
present participleencephalizing
past participleencephalized
pastencephalized

Origin of encephalize

From encephal- + -ize.

Words formed from encephalize

Questions about encephalize

What does encephalize mean?
Encephalize means to migrate brain function from the subcortical centres to the cortex.
What part of speech is encephalize?
Encephalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of encephalize?
The past tense of encephalize is encephalized.

Words near encephalize in the dictionary

  1. encephalitozoons
  2. encephalization
  3. encephalization quotient
  4. encephalization quotients
  5. encephalizations
  6. encephalize
  7. encephalized
  8. encephalizes
  9. encephalizing
  10. encephalo-
  11. encephalocele

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