cerebroid

[ suh-ree-broid, ser-uh-broid ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. resembling the cerebrum or the brain.

Other Words From

• prece·rebroid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebroid¹

First recorded in 1850–55; cerebr- + -oid

Example Sentences

The effect of this second act, by injuring the cerebroid ganglia, is to render impossible the return of action; moreover, it permits the aggressor to satisfy personal gluttony, and to feed on the liquids of the organism of the vanquished, which is easy, because the dorsal blood-vessel passes at this level.

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