cerebrum

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /səˈɹi.bɹəm/, /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəm/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪbɹəm, -iːbɹəm === Noun === cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums) (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 Hyponyms: cerebral hemisphere, cerebral cortex Holonym: forebrain ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cerebellum ==== Translations ==== === References === “cerebrum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “cerebrum”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === cumberer == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂srom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κᾰ́ρᾱ (kắrā, “a head, face”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.rɛ.brũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.brum] === Noun === cerebrum n (genitive cerebrī); second declension a brain (metonymic) understanding; anger, choler (anatomy) a skull (botany) an upper pith ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== cerebellum (diminutive) cerebrālis (adjective) cerebrōsus (adjective) excerebrō (verb) ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cerebrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “cerebrum”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cerebre, cerrebre, serabrum === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛrəbrum/, /ˈsɛrəbrə/, /ˈsɛrəbər/ === Noun === cerebrum (medicine) brain ==== Descendants ==== English: cerebrum ==== References ==== “cerēbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “cerēbrum, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.