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cerebral
/sɚˈibɹəl/
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suh-REE-bruhl: stress REE.
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3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The film is a cerebral thriller.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cerebral mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
- Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
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adjective
- (obsolete) Retroflex.
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/sɚˈibɹəl/
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Choice, which is intimately associated with inhibition, is par excellence a cerebral function and in general is associated with intense consciousness.
He married one of the Warrens, and by her had one child, Minnie, who died some months after birth of cerebral congestion.
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The results of overproduction on the children are frequently, that they are sickly, short-lived, or suffer from rickets, cerebral paralysis, idiocy, or imbecility.
The isthmus or medulla oblongata is elongated from before to behind and connects the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord, anteriorly and posteriorly.