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cerebrum

/ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/US/səˈɹi.bɹəm/

cerebrum noun: 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.

Noun

cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    telencephalon

cerebrum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

cerebrum in Hindi

principal part of the brain
प्रमस्तिष्क pramastiṣk

cerebrum in Tamil

பெரு மூளை, செரிபரம், பெருமூளை, மூளையம்

cerebrum in Telugu

principal part of the brain
పెద్దమెదడు peddamedaḍu, బృహన్మస్తిష్కము br̥hanmastiṣkamu

cerebrum in Kannada

ಮೇಲ್ಮಿದುಳು
More languagesFewer languages
cerebrum in Tagalog
malaking-utak, utak-pang-isip
cerebrum in Malay
serebrum
cerebrum in Vietnamese
đại não

Synonyms of cerebrum

Forms of cerebrum

pluralcerebra
pluralcerebrums

Origin of cerebrum

Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.

Words formed from cerebrum

Words that rhyme with cerebrum

Questions about cerebrum

What does cerebrum mean?
Cerebrum means 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.
What is cerebrum in Hindi?
Cerebrum in Hindi is प्रमस्तिष्क (pramastiṣk). See Cerebrum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cerebrum?
Cerebrum is a noun.
How do you pronounce cerebrum?
Cerebrum is pronounced /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of cerebrum?
The plural of cerebrum is cerebra.

Words near cerebrum in the dictionary

  1. cerebroventricle
  2. cerebroventricles
  3. cerebroventricular
  4. cerebroventricularly
  5. cerebrovisceral
  6. cerebrum
  7. cerebrums
  8. Cereceres
  9. Cerecereses
  10. cerecloth
  11. cereclothed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cerebrum (page history and authors); cerebrum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cerebrum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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