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cerebral

Syllabification: (ce·re·bral)

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Definition of cerebral

adjective

  • 1of the cerebrum of the brain:a cerebral hemorrhage the cerebral cortex
  • intellectual rather than emotional or physical:photography is a cerebral process

Derivatives

cerebrally

adverb

Origin:

early 19th century: from Latin cerebrum 'brain' + -al

cerebral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cerebral in the British & World English dictionary