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  • noun Plural form of cerebellum.

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Examples

  • If there were some efficient way to Botox your brain the same way you can your wrinkles, probably everybody would feel better, and our collective cerebellums (cerebelli?) would look and feel younger.

    Anhedonia (excerpt) Laura Preble 2010

  • A Walnut lo oks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.

    potiron - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • To be specific he is arranging to set up responses in our cochlear nuclei, brain stems, cerebellums, and auditory cortices.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • Fortunately, there IS still time to speed it up (unless their shrinking cerebellums again prevail).

    Health Care Relief In 2013 Giving Dems Heartburn 2009

  • A Walnut lo oks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.

    potiron - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • -- Amy Chozick It goes without saying that Messrs. Stewart and Colbert are often uproarious -- they're both so quick that they seem to have quad-core processors embedded in their cerebellums.

    'Take My Position Paper, Please' 2008

  • I think there's no doubt these Turkish kids have seriously abnormal cerebellums.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Field Notes 2006

  • I think there's no doubt these Turkish kids have seriously abnormal cerebellums.

    Human Family Walks on All Fours Field Notes 2006

  • But their tiny cerebellums weren't smart enough to tell 'em

    The Big Band Theory 1979

  • "Ah! my lord king, we should not cut off the nervous communication between our eyes, and our cerebellums."

    Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855

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