cerebrumn.
/ˈsɛrɪbrəm/ Anatomy.
The brain proper; the convoluted mass of nervous matter forming the anterior, and, in the higher vertebrates, largest part of the brain; in humans it overlaps all the rest and fills nearly the whole cavity of the skull.
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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 475 It filleth almost the whole Scull; and this is properly called Cerebrum or the Braine.
1718 M. Prior Alma iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 364 Surprise my readers, whilst I tell 'em Of cerebrum and Cerebellum.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 62 The cerebrum is generally recognized as the chief organ of mind.
1879 H. Calderwood Relations Mind & Brain ii. 10 Enveloped within three membranes, is the brain proper, or cerebrum.
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