cerebrumnoun [ C ]
uk/səˈriː.brəm/us/səˈriː.brəm/plural cerebra uk/-brə/uscerebrums specializedthe front part of the brain, that is involved with thought, decision, emotion, and character
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- Each of these hemispheres is subdivided into three lobes, so that the entire cerebrum is made up of six distinct lobes.
- The anterior portion of the cerebrum is devoted to intellectual processes, which freely expend the vital energies.
- The cerebrum comprises nearly seven-eighths of the entire mass, and fills the upper part of the skull.
- The cerebrum has a peculiar convoluted appearance, its deep folds being separated by fissures, some of them nearly an inch in depth.
- The fore-brain or cerebrum especially is much more developed in them than in the lower animals.