cerebrin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-phosphorized nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Word forms

cerebrin

Etymology

From cerebrum + -in.

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