Part 144

1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

2. The cereals. Crabb.

Ce"re*a*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid. Watts.

Cer"e*bel, n. The cerebellum. Derham.

{ Cer`e*bel"lar (?), Cer`e*bel"lous (?), } a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Cer`e*bel"lum (?), n.; pl. E. Cerebellums (&?;), L. Cerebella (&?;). [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.] (Anat.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Cer"e*bral (?), a. [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. ka`ra head: cf. F. cÚrÚbral. See Cheer.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

Cerebral apoplexy. See under Apoplexy.

Cer"e*bral, n. [A false translation of the Skr. mūrdhanya, lit., head-sounds.] One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

&fist; Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.

Cer"e*bral*ism (?), n. (Philos.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

Cer"e*bral*ist, n. One who accepts cerebralism.

Cer"e*brate (?), v. i. (Physiol.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Cer`e*bra"tion (?), n. Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

Cer"e*bric (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain.

Cerebric acid (Physiol. Chem.), a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin.

Cer`e*bric"i*ty (?), n. Brain power. [R.]

Ce*reb"ri*form (?), a. [Cerebrum + -form.] Like the brain in form or substance.

Cer`e*brif"u*gal (?), a. [Cerebrum + L. fugere to flee.] (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

Cer"e*brin (?), n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Cer`e*brip"e*tal (?), a. [Cerebrum + L. petere to seek.] (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

||Cer`e*bri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. E. cerebrum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Cer"e*broid (?), a. [Cerebrum + -oid.] Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

Cer`e*brol"o*gy (?), n. [Cerebrum + -logy.] The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

Cer`e*brop"a*thy (?), n. [Cerebrum + Gr. &?; suffering.] (Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.

Cer`e*bros"co*py (?), n. [Cerebrum + -scopy.] (Med.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). Buck.

Cer`e*brose" (?), n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Cer`e*bro-spi"nal (?), a. [Cerebrum + spinal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.