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Cerebral(health)
Cerebral(medicine)
cerebral(dictionary)
cerebral(dictionary)
cerebral revascularization(medicine)
cerebral rheumatism(medicine)
Cerebral thrombosis(health)
Cerebral hemorrhage(health)
cerebral sinuses(medicine)

cerebral (iou)



cerebral adjective & noun. E19.
[from Latin CEREBRUM + -AL1: cf. French cerebral.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the brain. E19.
cerebral palsy a disorder chiefly characterized by spastic paralysis due to brain damage before or at birth.
b. Appealing to the intellect rather than to the emotions; clever; intellectual. E20.
Phonetics. = CACUMINAL adjective. E19.
b. noun. Phonetics. A cerebral consonant. E19.
cerebralism noun (a) intellectualism; (b) (now rare) the theory that mental processes arise from the action of the brain: L19.
cerebralist noun (a) an intellectualist, an intellectual; (b) (now rare) a supporter of the theory of cerebralism: L19.
cerebrally adverb L19.