Brain vs Supratentorial - What's the difference?
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The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
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(UK, plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
(in the plural) Intellect.
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By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
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*:You said I got brain from your dame in the range
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*:But you really ain't got no proof
To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
(slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
(figurative) To destroy; to put an end to.
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To conceive in the mind; to understand.
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As a noun brain
is the control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.As a verb brain
is to dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.As an adjective supratentorial is
above the tentorium of the brain.brain
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Noun
(wikipedia brain) (en noun)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
Synonyms
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* beat someone's brains out * brainbox * brain bucket * brain candy * braincase * brain cell * brainchild * brain coral * brain cramp * brain damage * brain dead * brain death * brain disease * brain disorder * brain doctor * brain drain * brain fag * brain farm * brain fever * brain fingerprinting * brain food * brain freeze * brainiac * brainish * brainless * brain mushroom * brainpan * brainpower * brain science * brainsick * brain stem / brainstem * brainstorm * brain sugar * brain surgeon * brain surgery * brain-teaser * brain truster * brain tumor / brain tumour * brainwash * brainwave * brainworker * brainy * forebrain * left brain * microbrain * no-brainer * on the brain * organic brain syndrome * pick someone's brain * rack one's brain or rack one's brains * right brain * split brain * water on the brain * yellow brain fungusSee also
*Verb
(en verb)- There thou mayst brain him.
- It was the swift celerity of the death That brained my purpose.
- 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not.