- encephalization
- SYN: corticalization.
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en·ceph·a·li·za·tion (en-sef″ə-lĭ-zaґshən) the developmental process by which the cerebral cortex has taken over the functions of the lower (spinal) centers.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
encephalization
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