different between cerebrum vs intracerebral

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.??b.??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???i.b??m/, /?s??.?b.??m/
• Rhymes: -???b??m, -i?b??m

Noun

cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums)

1. (neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.

   Synonym: telencephalon

   Holonym: forebrain

   Hyponyms: cerebral hemisphere, cerebral cortex

Derived terms

Related terms

• cerebellum

Translations

References

• “cerebrum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cerebrum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• cumberer

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?-. Compare Ancient Greek ????? (kár?, “a head, face”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke.re.brum/, [?k???b????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.re.brum/, [?t??????b?um]

Noun

cerebrum n (genitive cerebr?); second declension

1. a brain
   1. (metonymically) understanding; anger, choler
2. (anatomy) a skull
3. (botany) an upper pith

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• cerebellum
• cerebr?lis
• cerebr?sus
• excerebr?

Descendants

References

• cerebrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerebrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerebrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cerebrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cerebrum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From intra- +? cerebral.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???b??l
• Rhymes: -i?b??l

Adjective

intracerebral (not comparable)

1. occurring or situated within the cerebrum.

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

From French intracérébral

Adjective

intracerebral m or n (feminine singular intracerebral?, masculine plural intracerebrali, feminine and neuter plural intracerebrale)

1. intracerebral

Declension