What it means
The combining form for the brain, especially the cerebrum, the two large halves that handle thinking, movement, feeling, speech and memory. Cerebral means relating to the brain, cerebrospinal fluid surrounds the brain and spinal cord, and a cerebrovascular accident is another name for a strokestrohkSudden damage to part of the brain because its blood supply is blocked or a blood vessel in it bursts.Full entry . Compare encephal/oen-SEF-uh-lohA word part that means brain.Full entry , which also means brain.
At a glance
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Related terms
encephal/o
A word part that means brain.
crani/o
A word part that means the skull.
stroke
Sudden damage to part of the brain because its blood supply is blocked or a blood vessel in it bursts.
lob/o
A word part that means lobe, a rounded section of an organ.