Definitions for cerebral
səˈri brəl, ˈsɛr ə-cere·bral

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cerebral, intellectualadjective

   involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

   "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"

2. cerebraladjective

   of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

   "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cerebraladjective

   Of, or relating to the brain or cerebral cortex of the brain.

2. cerebraladjective

   Intellectual rather than emotional.

3. cerebraladjective

   Retroflex.

4. Etymology: From cérébral, from cerebrum.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cerebraladjective

   of or pertaining to the cerebrum

2. Cerebralnoun

   one of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n

3. Etymology: [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. ka`ra head: cf. F. crbral. See Cheer.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cerebral

   Relating to the cerebrum.

   The cerebral cortex is in brain of a human being.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cerebral in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cerebral in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cerebral in a Sentence

1. Chef Chris Sayegh:

   To me, this is a cerebral experience, you're eating with a different perception with each bite, with each course. You're literally changing your brain chemistry and you are viewing this food differently than you did five minutes ago, 10 minutes ago.

2. Antigone Michaelides:

   After two years of Covid madness, I'm struggling to make sense of policy. And I can't, i think most people's reaction and perspective on all things covid is visceral rather than cerebral – at least in my experience. And so I've found that most people cling to their viewpoint regardless of what facts are presented.

3. Rateb Samour:

   I am treating serious and chronic diseases which have no cure in regular medicine, I have achieved excellent results, we speak about chondritis in the neck and spine, migraine, loss of hair, alopecia areata, skin diseases, cerebral palsy, autism and cancer.

4. Kevin Hrusovsky:

   Nobody thought that many of the proteins or bio markers that affect the brain would even be in blood. It was thought, basically, that those proteins and those markers would only be in the brain in the spinal fluid, but what we’ve learned is that a small amount of the spinal fluid, the cerebral spinal fluid, actually leaks into the blood through the blood brain barrier and because our technology can detect things that are so minute in blood, we can test what’s going on in the brain.

5. Ben Carson:

   There are two different Donald Trumps: there's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cerebral
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cerebral
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebral