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English

Etymology

From French cérébral < Latin cerebrum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

Positive cerebral

Comparative more cerebral

Superlative most cerebral
  1. (anatomy, medicine) Of, or relating to the brain or cerebral cortex of the brain.
  2. Intellectual rather than emotional.
  3. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • cerebral abscess
  • cerebral accident
  • cerebral agraphia
  • cerebral aneurysm
  • cerebral angiogram
  • cerebral angiography
  • cerebral apophysis
  • cerebral apoplexy
  • cerebral aqueduct
  • cerebral arousal mechanism
  • cerebral arteriography
  • cerebral arteriosclerosis
  • cerebral artery
  • cerebral atrophy
  • cerebral axis
  • cerebral blindness
  • cerebral blood
  • cerebral blood flow
  • cerebral cavity
  • cerebral circulation
  • cerebral claudication
  • cerebral competence
  • cerebral compression
  • cerebral concussion
  • cerebral contusion
  • cerebral convolution
  • cerebral cortex
  • cerebral cranium
  • cerebral crisis
  • cerebral cysticercosis
  • cerebral damage
  • cerebral deafness
  • cerebral death
  • cerebral decompression
  • cerebral depressant
  • cerebral dominance
  • cerebral dropsy
  • cerebral dysrhythmia
  • cerebral echinococcosis
  • cerebral edema
  • cerebral embolism
  • cerebral equipotentiality
  • cerebral event
  • cerebral excitement
  • cerebral fossa
  • cerebral ganglion
  • cerebral haemorrhage
  • cerebral hemiplegia
  • cerebral hemisphere
  • cerebral hemorrhage
  • cerebral hernia
  • cerebral hyperesthesia
  • cerebral hypoxia
  • cerebral index
  • cerebral infarction
  • cerebral integration
  • cerebral localization
  • cerebral macula
  • cerebral malaria
  • cerebral mantle
  • cerebral meningitis
  • cerebral migraine
  • cerebral nerve
  • cerebral neurasthenia
  • cerebral palsy
  • cerebral palsy feeder
  • cerebral paralysis
  • cerebral paraplegia
  • cerebral peduncle
  • cerebral phenomenon
  • cerebral poroma
  • cerebral seizure
  • cerebral sinus
  • cerebral tetanus
  • cerebral thrombosis
  • cerebral tissue
  • cerebral tumour
  • cerebral type
  • cerebral vascular disability
  • cerebral vein
  • cerebral vertigo
  • cerebral vesicle
  • cerebral vomiting

Danish

Etymology

From French cérébral (“‘cerebral’”), from Latin cerebrum (“‘brain’”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cerebral (neuter cerebralt, definite and plural cerebrale)

  1. cerebral (of, or relating to the brain)

Portuguese

Adjective

cerebral

  1. cerebral.

Related terms

Spanish

Adjective

cerebral m. and f. (plural cerebrales)

  1. cerebral

Related terms

 

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