brain : Idioms & Phrases

'Twixt"-brain` noun

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1. (Anat.) The thalamencephalon.

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• noun 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)
  acute brain disorder.
  

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• noun 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)
  acute brain disorder.
  

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Ad"dle, brain`, Ad"dle, head`, Ad"dle, pate noun (Also<

• Addle-brain
• Addle-head
• Addle-pate

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1. A foolish or dull-witted fellow. Colloq.

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Ad"dle, brained`, Ad"dle, head`ed, Ad"dle, pa`ted adjective (Also<

• Addle-brained
• Addle-headed
• Addle-pated

)

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1. Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley.

   Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.

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• noun 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

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• the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain.

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• noun a nerve cell in the brain
  

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• noun massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface
  

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• (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria.

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• noun 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.
  

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• adjective satellite having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
  
  • was declared brain dead

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• noun death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
  cerebral death.
  

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• noun any disorder or disease of the brain
  brain disease; encephalopathy.
  

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• noun any disorder or disease of the brain
  brain disease; encephalopathy.
  

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• noun a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
  neurologist.
  

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• noun depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
  

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• noun swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter
  cerebral edema.
  

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• (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy.

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• noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
  cerebrospinal fever; cerebrospinal meningitis; epidemic meningitis.
  

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• (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.

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• noun 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
  beefsteak morel; Gyromitra esculenta.
  

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• calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.

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• noun the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain
  

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• noun the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
  brain stem; brainstem.
  

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• noun a simple sugar found in lactose
  galactose.
  

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• noun someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
  neurosurgeon.
  

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• noun any surgical procedure involving the brain
  

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• noun an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
  kitchen cabinet.
  

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• noun an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status
  backroom boy.
  

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• noun a tumor in the brain
  brain tumor.
  

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• noun a tumor in the brain
  brain tumor.
  

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• noun (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
  cortical potential; brainwave.
  

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• noun exhaustion that affects mental keenness
  mental exhaustion.
  

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• noun the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
  brain stem; brainstem.
  

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• noun a difficult problem
  riddle; conundrum; enigma.
  

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• noun someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems
  brainworker.
  

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• noun the brain of a calf eaten as meat
  

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Clay"-brained` adjective

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1. Stupid. Obs. Shak.

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Cock"-brained` adjective

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1. Giddy; rash. Milton.

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Crack"-brained` adjective

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1. Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.

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Dull"-brained` adjective

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1. Stupid; doltish. Shak.

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Fat"-brained` adjective

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1. Dull of apprehension.

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Hot"-brained` adjective

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1. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.

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• noun the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
  left hemisphere.
  

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• noun a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
  limbic brain; limbic system.
  

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• noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
  attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; MBD; attention deficit disorder; ADD; minimal brain damage; hyperkinetic syndrome; ADHD.
  

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• noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
  attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; MBD; attention deficit disorder; ADD; minimal brain damage; hyperkinetic syndrome; ADHD.
  

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• noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
  rhinencephalon.
  

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• noun mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain
  

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Rat"tle-brained` adjective

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1. Giddy; rattle-headed.

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• noun the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
  right hemisphere.
  

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Scat"ter-brain` noun

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1. A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. Written also scatter-brains.

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Scat"ter-brained` adjective

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1. Giddy; thoughtless.

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Shal"low-brained` adjective

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1. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.

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Shat"ter-brained`, Shat"ter-pat`ed adjective (Also<

• Shatter-brained
• Shatter-pated

)

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1. Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

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Sick"-brained` adjective

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1. Disordered in the brain.

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• (Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening.

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• noun 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
  

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• to exercise one's wits.

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• to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. Low

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• to exert them to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something.

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• to make giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head.

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• noun a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
  limbic brain; limbic system.
  

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Wa"ter brain`

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1. A disease of sheep; gid.

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• (Med.), hydrocephalus.

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