What does cerebral mean?

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

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. cerebral

    Cerebral refers to anything relating to the brain or the intellect. It could be used to describe activities that involve deep thinking or high intellect, or in a medical context, it could refer to conditions, processes or structures in our brain.

Webster Dictionary

  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 Contribution

  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. Carolyn Garver:

    Veterans do really well with equine-assisted activities. Same with at-risk youth. It gives them a lot of self-confidence. It gives autistic children a lot of self-confidence, too, it's also good for people that have motor disorders : cerebral palsy, tic disorders. I think it has a lot of ramifications for many different disabilities.

  2. Patricia Parkinson Glenn:

    Lots of women have breast cancer, and lots of women have sons that have cerebral palsy and autism. It just so happens that I happen to have all of the above at the same time.

  3. Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga:

    I think these are optical illusions, cerebral illusions.

  4. Robin Rinearson:

    Jake is 29 years old. He’s got cerebral palsy. He had a job for eight years working for a company with 17 other young adults with disabilities. And when COVID hit, that company basically remained open, but they sent all the 18 people with special needs home.

  5. 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.

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