porencephalus
/ˌpɔːrɛnˈsɛfələs/ /ˌpɔːrɛnˈsɛf(ə)ləs/ /ˌpɔːrɛnˈkɛfələs/Medicine. Now rare
noun
= porencephaly.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Brain: a journal of neurology. Alteration of either porencephalia or porencephaly (or their etymon German Porencephalie), after ancient Greek ἐγκέϕαλος; perhaps modelled on hydrocephalus, microcephalus, etc.
- challengingly
- challis
- chalone
- chalumeau
- chalumeau register
- chalupa
- chalybeate
- Cham
- Chamaeleon
- chamaephyte
- chambellan
- chamber
- chamber acid
- chamber arrest
- chamber cantata
- chamber cast
- chamber child
- chamber choir
- chamber concert
- chamber cone
- chamber counsel
- chamber-deacon
- chambered
- chamber ensemble
- chamberer