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CEREBRUM

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(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cerebra   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cerebrum" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "cerebrum"):

central sulcus; fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure; sulcus centralis (a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes)

fissure of Sylvius; lateral cerebral sulcus; sulcus lateralis cerebri; Sylvian fissure (the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres)

cerebral hemisphere; hemisphere (either half of the cerebrum)

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

convolution; gyrus (a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain)

Holonyms ("cerebrum" is a part of...):

telencephalon (the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Atrophy of the cerebrum caused by focal or generalized neuronal loss.

(Cerebral Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A fluid filled sac within the cerebrum.

(Cerebral Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.

(Cerebral hemisphere, NCI Dictionary)

The portion of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem.

(Cerebellum, NCI Dictionary)

A blood vessel formed by the union of the two internal cerebral veins that drains the cerebrum and joins with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus.

(Great Cerebral Vein of Galen, NCI Thesaurus)

Hemorrhage into the cerebrum.

(Cerebral Hemorrhage, Food and Drug Administration)

Bleeding within the cerebrum.

(Cerebral Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration within the cerebrum.

(Intracerebral Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)