cerebrum

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Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (a brain; a skull); see there for more.

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cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums)

  1. (neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
    Synonym: telencephalon
    Hyponyms: cerebral hemisphere, cerebral cortex
    Holonym: forebrain

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From Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂srom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κᾰ́ρᾱ (kárā, a head, face).

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cerebrum n (genitive cerebrī); second declension

  1. a brain
    • ca. 60 BCE, Titus Lucretius Carus, De Rerum Natura , Book 6, Lines 802-3:
      carbonumque gravis vis atque odor insinuatur / quam facile in cerebrum, nisi aqua praecepimus ante!
      And how the heavy fumes of charcoal wind their way / Readily into the brain, unless beforehand of water we've drunk!
    1. (metonymically) understanding; anger, choler
  2. (anatomy) a skull
  3. (botany) an upper pith
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cerebrum cerebra
Genitive cerebrī cerebrōrum
Dative cerebrō cerebrīs
Accusative cerebrum cerebra
Ablative cerebrō cerebrīs
Vocative cerebrum cerebra

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛrəbrum/, /ˈsɛrəbrə/, /ˈsɛrəbər/

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cerebrum

  1. (medicine) brain

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