cerebello (ser-e-bel'lo)

Combining form of cerebellum. cerebellum (ser-e-bel'um). The little brain or hinder brain; that portion of the encephalon which occupies the posterior fo a of the skull. It is a symmetrical, cordiform ma separated from the cerebrum proper by a proce of the dura mater (the tentorium). The functions of automatic motor activities are largely subserved in the cerebellar connections. [Lat., dim. of cerebrum, the brain.] cerebr asthenia (ser"e-bras-the'ne-ah). An old term to designate mental weakne due to general weakne of the nervous system. cerebration (se-re-bra's hun). A mental act consequent on a perception, unconscious c. Unconscious or subconscious mental action. cerebrifugal (ser-e-brif'u-gal). Said of a nerve, meaning cerebral in origin and efferent in function. [Lat., cerebrum, -ffug ere, to fly.] cerebrin (ser'e-brin). A substance obtained from brain ti ue by boiling with a saturated solution of baryta, washing the precipitate with water, and boiling again with absolute alcohol. It is a snow-white, microcrystalline powder containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, insoluble in water, but soluble in boiling alcohol. [Lat., cerebrinum.] cerebripetal (ser-e-brip'et-al). Of a nerve, cerebral in origin and afferent in function. [Lat, cerebrum, + petere, to seek.] cerebritis (ser-e-bri'tis). See encephalitis. cerebro-. Combining form of Lat, cerebrum, brain, used as a prefix to compound words. cere bromal a'cia. Softening of the brain substance. cerebron (ser'e-bron). A substance resembling cerebrin, which has been isolated from brain ti ue, that has not been hydrolyzed with baryta. cerebropathy (ser-e-brop'ath-e). See encephalopathy. [Lat., cerebrum, brain, + Gr., pathos, disease.]