Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Encephaloid \En*ceph"a*loid\, a. [Gr. ? + -oid.]
   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.
   An encephaloid cancer.