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cerebroid

cerebroid adjective: resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

Adjective

cerebroid (comparative more cerebroid, superlative most cerebroid)

  1. Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
    • The maturation of male gonocytes is inhibited, in all Nereidia, by a factor produced by the cerebroid ganglion; in certain species the maturation of female gonocytes undergoes a cerebral inhibition of the same type.2012, Manfred Gabe, Peter Karlson, Jean Roche, “Hormones in Invertebrates”, in Marcel Florkin, editor, Comparative Biochemistry V6: A Comprehensive Treatise, page 259
    • The picture shows sperical ooids and 'cerebroid' ooids ( arrow ) with cones. The origin of cerebroid Mg-calcite ooids has been related to dissolution and precipitation by bacteria ( Richter 1983).2013, Erik Flügel, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks

Noun

cerebroid (plural cerebroids)

  1. A cerebroid ganglion.
    • The first cerebroid or capitis cerebroida, is composed of two hemispheres; from these arise, in perfect insects, several pairs of nerves;1841, Edward Newman, A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects, page 182
    • The cerebroids communicate with each other across the median line .1854, Albany Hancock, Dennis Embleton, “Summary of Observations on the Anatomy of Doris, a Nudibranchiate Mollusk”, in Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, page 125
  2. An organoid (mass of cells grown in vitro) cultured from cerebral cells.
    • At this stage, of coures, the crew of cerebroids can be removed when the hardware becomes obsolete , and transferred to a different type of ship .1974, Raymond Hawkey, Roger Bingham, Wild Card, page 132
    • The notion of life inherent in the development of cerebroids and gastruloids will be presented as the moral status of these two special organoids is discussed.2022, Badrul Hisham Yahaya, Organoid Technology for Disease Modelling and Personalized Treatment, page 197

Forms of cerebroid

Adjective
comparativemore cerebroid
superlativemost cerebroid
Noun
pluralcerebroids

Origin of cerebroid

From cerebrum + -oid.

Questions about cerebroid

What does cerebroid mean?
Cerebroid means resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
What part of speech is cerebroid?
Cerebroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cerebroid in the dictionary

  1. cerebrofugal
  2. cerebrogenic
  3. cerebrography
  4. cerebrohepatorenal
  5. cerebrohepatorenal syndrome
  6. cerebroid
  7. cerebroids
  8. cerebrol
  9. cerebrology
  10. cerebrolysin
  11. cerebroma

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