weight gaining | bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
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 |
sash weight | a counterweight for a sliding sash |
weight | an artifact that is heavy |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
equivalent equivalent weight combining weight eq | the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element, the standard is for oxygen |
weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
body weight | the weight of a person's body |
reporting weight | a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) |
dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
throw-weight | the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) |
weight weightiness | the relative importance granted to something, his opinion carries great weight, the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed |
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 |
dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance |
brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
riddle conundrum enigma brain-teaser | a difficult problem |
weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force, bowed down by the weight of responsibility |
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 |
gainer weight gainer | a person who gains weight |
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 |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
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 |
weight weighting | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance |
weight unit weight | a unit used to measure weight, he placed two weights in the scale pan |
system of weights weight | a system of units used to express the weight of something |
avoirdupois avoirdupois weight | a system of weights based on the -ounce pound (or , grains) |
troy troy weight | a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones, based on a -ounce pound and an ounce ofgrains |
apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight | any weight unit used in pharmacy, an ounce is equal tograins and a pound is equal to ounces |