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‖ cerebrum Anat.|ˈsɛrɪbrəm| [L. cerebrum brain] The brain proper; the convoluted mass of nervous matter forming the anterior, and, in the higher vertebrates, largest part of the brain; in man it overlaps all the rest and fills nearly the whole cavity of the skull.
1615Crooke Body of Man 475 It filleth almost the whole Scull; and this is properly called Cerebrum or the Braine. 1718Prior Alma iii. 155 Surprise my readers, whilst I tell 'em Of cerebrum and Cerebellum. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) I. 62 note, The cerebrum is generally recognised as the chief organ of mind. 1879Calderwood Mind & Brain ii. 10 Enveloped within three membranes, is the brain proper, or cerebrum. |