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CEREBRAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

Example:

cerebral drama

Synonyms:

cerebral; intellectual

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

emotional (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

Example:

cerebral activity

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

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 Context examples: 

An artery, which originates in either the internal carotid artery or the middle cerebral artery, that delivers blood to the choroid plexus.

(Anterior Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The anterior portion of a deep fissure or furrow on the medial surface of the cerebral cortex.

(Anterior Part of the Calcarine Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the neural pathways that transmit impulses from the eyes to the cerebral cortex.

(Anterior Visual Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the middle cerebral artery that supplies blood to the anterior part of the temporal lobe.

(Anterior Temporal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by both the tight muscle tone of spastic cerebral palsy and the writhing, involuntary muscle movements of athetoid cerebral palsy.

(Mixed Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

The inferior region of the skull consisting of an internal (cerebral), and an external (basilar) surface.

(Base of the Skull, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Mutations and deletions of the gene are associated with severe mental retardation, stereotypic movements, epilepsy, and cerebral malformation.

(MEF2C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The second branch arising from the pericallosal artery within the cingulate sulcus that has branches supplying the medial and superolateral surfaces of each cerebral hemisphere.

(Callosomarginal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by neck stiffness, headache, and photophobia resulting from irritation of the cerebral meninges.

(Meningismus, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

An artery that arises from the posterior cerebral artery and supplies the mid brain.

(Mesencephalic Perforating Artery, NCI Thesaurus)