See Also: cerebro-(medicine)
cerebro-(dictionary)

cerebro- (iou)



cerebro- combining form of Latin CEREBRUM: see -O-.
cerebro'centric adjective centring on the brain M20.
cerebroside noun [-OSE2 + -IDE] Biochemistry any of a group of glycolipids present in the sheaths of nerve fibres (cf. GANGLIOSIDE) L19.
cerebro'spinal adjective of, pertaining to, or involving the brain and spinal cord (
cerebrospinal fluid, the clear watery fluid occupying the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater) E19.
cerebro'tonic adjective & noun (a) adjective temperamentally resembling or characteristic of an ectomorph, with predominantly intellectual interests; (b) noun a cerebrotonic person: M20.
cerebro'vascular adjective of or pertaining to the brain and the blood-vessels which supply it M20.