cerebral : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cerebral	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cerebral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cerebral adj involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" Synonym(s): cerebral, intellectual Antonym(s): emotional of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cerebral \Cer"ebral\, a. [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. [?] head: cf. F. c[82]r[82]bral. See {Cheer}.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. {Cerebral* apoplexy}. See under {Apoplexy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cerebral \Cer"e*bral\, n. [A false translation of the Skr. m[d4]rdhanya, lit., head-sounds.] One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See {Lingual}, n. Note: Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.