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Definitions of cerebral
  1. adjective
    involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
    "a cerebral approach to the problem" "cerebral drama"

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  2. of or relating to the cerebrum or brain
    "cerebral hemisphere" "cerebral activity"
Definition that contains cerebral
  • headache pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
  • subcortical of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
  • brainwave (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
  • striatum a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
  • golgi's cell a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter
  • cephalalgia pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
  • great cerebral vein a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus
  • vena cerebri any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain
  • dentate nucleus a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere
  • callosectomy severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
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