| brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
| split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
| brain drain | depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel |
| brain coral | massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface |
| brain cell | a nerve cell in the brain |
left hemisphere
left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
right hemisphere
right brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body |
rhinencephalon
olfactory brain | a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals, in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior |
brain
encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull, continuous with the spinal cord |
limbic system
visceral brain
limbic brain | a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
brainstem
brain-stem
brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
mind
head
brain psyche
nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason, his mind wandered, I couldn't get his words out of my head |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
| brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
riddle
conundrum
enigma
brain-teaser | a difficult problem |
| brain | the brain of certain animals used as meat |
| calf's brain | the brain of a calf eaten as meat |
kitchen cabinet
brain trust | an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government |
| blood-brain barrier | a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood, serves to protect the central nervous system, the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier |
backroom boy
brain truster | an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status |
brainworker
brain-worker | someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems |
genius
mastermind brain
brainiac
Einstein | someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality, Mozart was a child genius, he's smart but he's no Einstein |
neurologist
brain doctor | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it |
neurosurgeon
brain surgeon | someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) |
brainwave
brain wave
cortical potential | (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph |
brain death
cerebral death | death when respiration and other reflexes are absent, consciousness is gone, organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops |
Gyromitra esculenta
brain mushroom
beefsteak morel | a poisonous gyromitra, the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted), color varies from dull yellow to brown |
mental exhaustion
brain-fag | exhaustion that affects mental keenness |
acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
attention deficit disorder
ADD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADHD
hyperkinetic syndrome
minimal brain dysfunction
minimal brain damage
MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
| brain damage | injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently), can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. |
brain disorder
encephalopathy
brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
cerebrospinal meningitis
epidemic meningitis
brain fever
cerebrospinal fever | meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal |
| organic brain syndrome | mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain |
brain tumor
brain tumour | a tumor in the brain |
cerebral edema
brain edema | swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter |
| vesicular stomatitis | a disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally human beings, caused by the vesiculovirus |
galactose
brain sugar | a simple sugar found in lactose |
| brain | kill by smashing someone's skull |
| brain | hit on the head |
| brain dead | having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram, was declared brain dead |
| vesicular | of or relating to or involving vesicles, normal vesicular breathing |