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Definition of brain

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Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg

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Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain..

Gid :: Gid (a.) A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C/nurus..

Encephalopathy :: Encephalopathy (n.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning..

Epencephalon :: Epencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen..

Fissural :: Fissural (a.) Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain..

Crus :: Crus (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain..

Pachymeningitis :: Pachymeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

Protagon :: Protagon (n.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies..

Inframarginal :: Inframarginal (a.) Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain..

Brained :: Brained (p.a.) Supplied with brains.

Mesencephalic :: Mesencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.

Pulvinar :: Pulvinar (n.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

Meningitis :: Meningitis (n.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.

Encephaloid :: Encephaloid (a.) Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Cerebroid :: Cerebroid (a.) Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain..

Swimming :: Swimming (a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain..

Scatter-brained :: Scatter-brained (a.) Giddy; thoughtless.

Fasciola :: Fasciola (n.) A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.