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a combining form of cerebrum: cerebrospinal.

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Also especially before a vowel, cerebr-.

Words nearby cerebro-

cerebrate, cerebration, cerebric, cerebriform, cerebritis, cerebro-, cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, cerebroid, cerebroma, cerebromalacia, cerebromeningitis

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How to use cerebro- in a sentence

One includes the brain, spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerves, which together make up the cerebro-spinal nervous system.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Whenever it is so the activity of the ganglionic system must be in excess, or that of the cerebro-spinal system must be deficient.
The Education of American Girls|Anna Callender Brackett
These form the first pair of nerves, and are the only pair which arise from the ventral portion of the cerebro-spinal cord.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
Then he got up, readjusted his handkerchief-respirator and mumbled that it was cerebro-spinal-something.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 21, 1919.|Various

Experience shows that nerve-force is generated and set free whenever the cerebro-spinal system is excited.
Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for cerebro-

cerebro-

before a vowel cerebr-

combining form

indicating the braincerebrospinal

Word Origin for cerebro-

from cerebrum

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Medical definitions for cerebro-

cerebro-

pref.

Brain; cerebrum:cerebrospinal.