Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose, and found in the brain and other nerve tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a group of decomposition-products of protagon, of the type of cerebrin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of several
glycosphingolipids found in themembranes ofmuscle andnervous tissue
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[cerebr(o)– + –os(e) + –ide.]
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Examples
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Two more are phosphatides (a type of phosphorus-containing fat molecule), and a fifth is a cerebroside (a complex sugar-containing fatlike molecule).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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However, cerebin, a cerebroside peculiar to the thinking structure of the brain, is opaque to them.
Skylark Three Hans Waldemar Wessolowski 1927
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Slide 23: Y 48 Goji: The Himalayan Health Secret Liver Protection Usual dosage level: 1 - 2 oz. daily A new cerebroside was isolated from the goji berry that could protect the liver cells of rats from the toxicity induced by carbon tetrachloride.
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