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17. brain-sickne (brān's ik-nes), n. Disorder of brain stone (brān's ton), n. See brain - coral . brain stone-coral (brān's ton-kor"al), n. Same as brain - coral . brain-throb (brān'throb), n. The throbbing of the brain. brain ward (brān'wärd), adv . and a . Toward or tending toward the brain. If, from any cause, there is exce ive brain ward determination of the blood, the plethora of the capillaries gives rise to increased mental excitement. Huxley and Youmans , Physiol., § 499. brain-wave (brān'wav), n. A so-called telepathic vibration supposed to be concerned in the transference of a thought from one mind to another by other than physical means of communication. Such expre ions as brain - wave (Knowles), mentiferous testify to this natural though preether (Maudsley),. mature desire to ticket or identify a force which cannot at present be correlated with nerve-force.