HyperDic: cerebrum

English > 1 sense of the word cerebrum:
NOUNbodycerebrumanterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
English > cerebrum: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaninganterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans.
Part oftelencephalonThe anterior division of the forebrain
Partscerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortexThe layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralisA brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres
fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebriThe deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures
gyrus, convolutionA convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
hemisphere, cerebral hemisphereEither half of the cerebrum
Broaderneural structureA structure that is part of the nervous system
Spanishcerebro, telencéfalo
Catalancervell
Adjectivescerebralof or relating to the cerebrum or brain
intracerebralwithin the brain

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