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brain
English
Etymology
From Middle English brayn, brain, from Old English bræ?n (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *bragn? (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreg?nom (“skull, brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreg?- (“marrow, sinciput”) + *men- (“mind, to think”). Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek ??????? (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?n, IPA(key): /b?e?n/
- Homophone: brane
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
brain (plural brains)
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- Synonyms: harns; see also Thesaurus:brain
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genius
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:
- "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (slang, vulgar) Oral sex.
- 2012, Mack Maine featuring Turk and Mystikal, I'm On It
- You said I got brain from your dame in the range
- In the passing lane
- But you really ain't got no proof
- 2012, Mack Maine featuring Turk and Mystikal, I'm On It
- (informal, slang) Mind.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe (Category: en:Brain)
Verb
brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)
- (transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
- (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
- (transitive, figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to.
- (transitive, obsolete) To conceive in the mind; to understand.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:brain.
Translations
Further reading
- brain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Barin, Brian, Rabin, abrin, bairn, brian
Irish
Noun
brain m
- inflection of bran:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
brain
- Alternative form of brayn
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- broin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bran?/
Noun
brain m
- inflection of bran:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative plural
Mutation
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brai?n/
Noun
brain m pl
- plural of brân
Mutation
brain From the web:
- what brain waves are in rem sleep
- what brain lobe controls vision
- what brain lobe controls hearing
- what brain part controls breathing
- what brain fog feels like
- what brain chemical causes anxiety
- what brain part controls emotions
- what brain type am i
microcephaly
English
Etymology
micro- +? -cephaly
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?f?li
Noun
microcephaly (countable and uncountable, plural microcephalies)
- A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Synonyms
- microcephalia
- microcephalism
Related terms
- microcephalic
- microcephale
- microcephalous
- microcephalus
Translations
Anagrams
- pyrochemical
microcephaly From the web:
- what microcephaly means
- what microcephaly looks like
- microcephaly what causes
- what is microcephaly in babies
- what is microcephaly syndrome
- what causes microcephaly in pregnancy
- what is microcephaly nhs
- what is microcephaly definition
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