a. Path. [a. Fr. encéphaloïde (Laennec) f. Gr. ἐγκέφαλ-ος the brain + -OID.] That resembles the brain or brain-structure; the distinctive epithet of soft cancer (sarcoma).
1844. W. H. Walshe, Cancer, 8.
1872. Peaslee, Ovar. Tumors, 20. The encephaloid variety is more common than the scirrhous.
