Part 1757

<h1>Cerebral</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*bral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cerebrum</ets> brain; akin to Gr. <?/ head: cf. F. <ets>c\'82r\'82bral</ets>. See <er>Cheer</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.</def>

<cs><col>Cerebral apoplexy</col>. <cd>See under <er>Apoplexy</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cerebral</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*bral</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A false translation of the Skr. <ets>m\'d4rdhanya</ets>, lit., head-sounds.]</ety> <def>One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See <er>Lingual</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<note>&hand; Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters <i>linguals</i>, and this is their usual designation in the United States.</note>

<h1>Cerebralism</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*bral*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.</def>

<h1>Cerebralist</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*bral*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who accepts cerebralism.</def>

<h1>Cerebrate</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.</def>

<h1>Cerebration</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*bra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.</def>

<h1>Cerebric</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*bric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain.</def>

<cs><col>Cerebric acid</col> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cerebricity</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*bric"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Brain power.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cerebriform</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce*reb"ri*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cerebrum</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like the brain in form or substance.</def>

<h1>Cerebrifugal</h1> <Xpage=234>

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

<h1>Cerebrin</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*brin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cerebrum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Cerebripetal</h1> <Xpage=234>

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

<h1>Cerebritis</h1> <Xpage=234>