CEREBRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerebral mean? 

• CEREBRAL (adjective)
  The adjective CEREBRAL has 2 senses:

1. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

2. of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

  Familiarity information: CEREBRAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEREBRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

Synonyms:

cerebral; intellectual

Context example:

cerebral drama

Antonym:

emotional (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cerebral activity

Pertainym:

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

 Context examples 

A common form of dementia caused by multiple cortical or subcortical cerebral infarctions.

(Multi-Infarct Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)

The innermost layer of the cerebral cortex.

(Multiform Cell Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

The least common subtype of cerebral palsy, in which the individual displays hypotonia, a loss of motor coordination, and an intention tremor.

(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

So strong was the impression that I told Professor Challenger of it, who put it down to the cerebral excitement caused by my fever.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The area in the cerebral cortex that receives and processes auditory input.

(Auditory Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

The superficial layer of the cerebral cortex, containing nerve fibers, neuroglial cells, and occasional horizontal cells of Cajal.

(Molecular Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

A cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery supplying the ascending frontal convolution.

(Ascending Frontal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare congenital brain defect in which the cerebral cortex, striatum, globus pallidus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and eyes are absent or rudimentary.

(Aprosencephaly, NCI Thesaurus)

The sinus receives blood from the cerebral veins and drains posteriorly into the lateral sinuses of the brain, which in turn drain into the internal jugular veins.

(Murine Superior Sagittal Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

Shock resulting from neurogenic vasodilation, which can be produced by cerebral trauma or hemorrhage, spinal cord injury, deep general or spinal anesthesia, or toxic central nervous system depression.

(Neurogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)