Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Passing from the brain: said of nervous impulses and nerve-fibers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective physiology Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

cerebrum + Latin fugere to flee.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cerebrifugal.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.