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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

cerebrum

brain; akin to Gr.

κάρα

head: cf. F.

cérébral

. See

(Anat.)

Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

Cerebral apoplexy

See under

Noun.

[A false translation of the Skr.

mūrdhanya

, lit., head-sounds.]

One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See

Noun.

☞ Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.