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Definition: cerebrum from Philip's Encyclopedia


Summary Article: cerebrum
From The Chambers Dictionary

(pl cer'ebrums or cer'ebra) the front and larger part of the brain; loosely, the whole brain. [L cerebrum the brain; prob cognate with Gr karā the head, and krānion the cranium]

■ cer'ebral
(also /sƏ-rē'brƏl/) adj

relating to the brain or the cerebrum; intellectual, as opposed to practical; of consonant sounds, produced by inverting the tip of the tongue on the palate (phonetics).

■ cer'ebralism

the theory that all mental operations originate in the brain.

■ cer'ebralist

■ cer'ebrally

■ cer'ebrate

to think, to use the brain.

■ cerebrā'tion

action of the brain, esp unconscious.

■ cer'ebric
(or /sƏr-eb'rik/) adj


■ cereb'riform


■ cerebrī'tis

inflammation of the cerebrum.

■ cer'ebroside

any of various lipids found in nerve tissue.

■ cerebrōspīn'al

relating to the brain and spinal cord together.

■ cerebrotonia
/-tō'ni-Ə/ n

(L tonus tone) the temperament associated with ectomorphic body type characterized by introversion and hypersensitivity.

■ cerebrōton'ic

■ cer'ebrōvas'cūlar

relating to the cerebrum and its blood vessels.

❑ cerebral cortex

the outer layers of the cerebral hemispheres associated with higher function of the nervous system.

❑ cerebral death

see brain death under brain.

❑ cerebral dominance

the tendency of one side of the brain to dominate certain functions, eg the left side of the cerebrum produces right-handedness in the majority of people.

❑ cerebral haemorrhage

haemorrhage of a blood vessel or blood vessels in the brain, esp the rupture of an artery.

❑ cerebral hemisphere

one of the two lateral halves of the cerebrum.

❑ cerebral palsy

a form of congenital paralysis marked by lack of muscular co-ordination, etc.

❑ cerebrospinal fever


❑ cerebrospinal fluid

the clear colourless fluid that surrounds the spinal cord and ventricles in the brain.

❑ cerebrovascular accident

a sudden interruption of the blood supply to the brain, as in a cerebral haemorrhage.

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