εγκέφαλος — meaning in English
egefalos
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English meaning
- brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
Senses
εγκέφαλος is used for these senses in English:
- brain (in the plural) Intellect.
- brain (informal) An intelligent person.
- brain (plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- cerebrum (neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
brain — full definition
- noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
- noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
- verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.