cerebral

(sĕr'ə-brəl, sə-rē'-)
adj.

1. Of or relating to the brain or cerebrum.
2. Appealing to or requiring the use of the intellect; intellectual rather than emotional: "His approach is cerebral, analytical, cautious" (Helen Dewar).

cerebrally cer·e'bral·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Relating to or performed by the mind: intellective, intellectual, mental, psychic, psychical, psychological. See thoughts.
2. Appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual, sophisticated, thoughtful. Informal highbrow. See thoughts.

(suh-ree-bruhl, ser-uh-bruhl)

A descriptive term for things pertaining to the brain or cerebrum.

The term is also used figuratively to describe things that appeal to the intellect.

IN BRIEF: Having to do with the brain.

He sustained a cerebral hemorrhage in the accident.

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1. of, or relating to, the cerebrum.
2. (loosely) of, or relating to the brain.

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Pertaining to the cerebrum. See also brain.

• c. circulation — arterial blood supply reaches the anterior, middle and posterior cerebral arteries via the circle of Willis, in some species originating directly from the internal carotid and basilar arteries, in others via an interposed rete mirabile. See also blood–brain barrier, blood–CSF barrier, cerebrospinal fluid.
• c. contusion — contusion of the brain following a head injury. See also cerebral contusion.
• c. cortex — the convoluted layer of gray matter covering the cerebral hemispheres, which governs thought, memory, sensation and voluntary movement. See also brain, pyramidal tracts, extrapyramidal system.
• c. cortical dysplasia — encompasses a range of disorders including neuronal heterotopia, microgyria, ulegyria, lissencephaly, pachygyria.
• c. diencephalic syndrome — the clinical signs associated with lesions of the cerebral cortex and diencephalon. They include behavioral or mental change, abnormal movements such as circling and head pressing, deficits in contralateral postural responses and sometimes visual impairment.
• c. dura mater — the membranous cover around the brain. Endosteal and meningeal layers are separated only by the cranial venous sinuses. Continuous with the spinal cord dura and the sheaths of the spinal nerves. Has three internal folds which separate sections of the brain. See falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, sella turcica.
• c. edema, cytotoxic — caused by neurotoxins, this edema is intracellular.
• c. edema, generalized — when all cerebral tissues are affected as in disturbances which create marked differences from normal of sodium and potassium ion concentration in tissues.
• c. edema, interstitial — edema of the central white matter as in hydrocephalus affecting the brain and hydromyelia affecting the spinal cord.
• c. edema, vasogenic — when the edema is intercellular and due usually to damage to the vascular endothelium.
• c. flush — the congestion of the cerebral vessels causing a pink coloration; of infections by Babesia bovis and B. bigemina it is the former in which the cerebral flush occurs.
• c. gyri — convolutions on the surface of the cerebrum.
• c. hemisphere — symmetrical right and left halves of the cerebrum divided by the longitudinal fissure.
• c. peduncle — see cerebral peduncle.
• c. pia mater — thin connective tissue membrane that lies closely against the cerebral surface and carries blood vessels into the tissues of the brain.
• c. piriform lobe — on the floor of the brain medial to the lateral olfactory tract.
• c. pole — frontal (rostral) and occipital (caudal) poles of the cerebrum.
• c. substantia nigra — occupies the interior of the cerebral peduncles.
• c. syndrome — characterized by abnormal mental state, abnormal movements such as pacing or head pressing, visual impairment and seizures.
• c. theileriosis — infection with Theileria parva or aberrant forms of T. taurotragi originating from the eland. Called also turning sickness.
• c. vascular accident (CVA) — a disorder of the blood vessels serving the cerebrum, resulting from an impaired blood supply to parts of the brain. Called stroke in humans.
• c. ventriculography — see ventriculography.

For a list of words related to cerebral, see:

• Diagnostic Terminology - cerebral: (adj) of the brain
• Intelligent, Informed, Clever, or Articulate

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See words rhyming with "cerebral."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hjerne-, cerebral
n. - cerebrallyd

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    hjernehalvdel
• cerebral palsy    spastisk lammelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
cerebraal, intellectueel

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) cérébral, intellectuel, cérébral
n. - intellectuel, (Phon) consonne centrale

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    hémisphère cérébral
• cerebral palsy    paralysie motrice centrale

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Gehirn-, intellektuell
n. - Kakuminallaut

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    Gehirnhälfte
• cerebral palsy    zelebrale Kinderlähmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εγκεφαλικός
n. - (φωνητ.) κεφαλικός ήχος συμφώνου

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    εγκεφαλικό ημισφαίριο
• cerebral palsy    εγκεφαλική παράλυση

Italiano (Italian)
cerebrale

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    emisfero cerebrale
• cerebral palsy    paralisi cerebrale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cerebral

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    hemisfério (m) cerebral
• cerebral palsy    paralisia (f) cerebral

Русский (Russian)
церебральный, мозговой

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    полушарие мозга
• cerebral palsy    церебральный паралич

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cerebral
n. - tipo de consonante

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    hemisferio cerebral
• cerebral palsy    parálisis cerebral

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hjärn-, cerebral
n. - konsonant (fonet.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脑的, 大脑的

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    大脑半球
• cerebral palsy    大脑性麻痹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 腦的, 大腦的

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    大腦半球
• cerebral palsy    大腦性麻痺

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대뇌의, 지적인, 사색적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大脳の, 知性に訴える, 知的な
n. - 反転音

idioms:

• cerebral hemisphere    大脳半球
• cerebral palsy    脳性麻痺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخي, متعلق بالمخ, دماغي (الاسم) حرف ساكن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוחי, של המוח‬

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