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121Cerebral fissures — Fissure Fis sure, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. [1913 Webster] {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the …
122Cerebral rubicon — A cerebral rubicon in paleontology is the minimum cranial capacity required for a specimen to be classified as a certain paleospecies or genus. The term is mostly used in reference to human evolution. The Scottish anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith… …
123cerebral gyri — gyri cerebri [TA] the tortuous convolutions of the surface of the cerebral hemispheres, caused by infolding of the cortex and separated by sulci. Many are constant enough that they have been given special names. Gyri cerebri (cerebral gyri) in a… …
124cerebral infarction — an ischemic condition of the brain, producing local tissue death and usually a persistent focal neurological deficit in the area of distribution of one of the cerebral arteries. See also stroke syndrome, under syndrome, reversible ischemic… …
125cerebral thrombosis — thrombosis of a cerebral vessel, which may result in a cerebral infarction or thrombotic stroke …
126cerebral death — noun death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops • Syn: ↑brain death • Hypernyms: ↑death * * * cerebral death see ↑brain death under ↑brain • •… …
127cerebral palsy — noun a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑spastic paralysis • Derivationally related forms: ↑spastic (for: ↑spastic paralysis) …
128Cerebral hemispheres — Hemisphere Hem i*sphere, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half = ? sphere: cf. F. h[ e]misph[ e]re. See {Hemi }, and {Sphere}.] 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
