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cerebro-(dictionary)
shanghai(1)(dictionary)
Shanghai(encyclopedia)
shanghai(dictionary)
shanghai(2)(dictionary)
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cerebro- (iou) and shanghai(1) (iou)


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.

shanghai(1) (iou)



shanghai noun. In sense 2 also shangeye. M19.
[Shanghai, one of the chief seaports in China.]
(A bird of) a breed of large domestic fowl with long legs and feathered shanks, said to originate from Shanghai. Now rare. M19.
A catapult. Austral. & NZ. M19.
A variation of the game of darts, in which players accumulate points by aiming for the single, double, and treble of each number in succession, players failing to score on certain numbers or during any round being eliminated. Also, a winning shot or score of a single, double, and treble of a number. M20.