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brain cells

brain cells is the plural of brain cell.

Meaning of brain cell

Noun

brain cell (plural brain cells)

  1. (colloquial) A neuron.
    • Did you know that you have brain cells in your stomach?2018 October 12, Naomi Alderman, “What the gut knows”, in New Statesman
  2. (excessive, figuratively, humorous) Taken as a unit of intelligence, especially in small quantities.
    • Those two morons only have one brain cell to share between them.

Questions about brain cells

What is brain cells the plural of?
Brain cells is the plural of brain cell.

Words near brain cells in the dictionary

  1. brain buckets
  2. brain cancer
  3. brain cancers
  4. brain candy
  5. brain cell
  6. brain cells
  7. brain chip
  8. brain chips
  9. brain cloud
  10. brain clouds
  11. brain coral

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