Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated or occurring outside the limits of the cerebrum.

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  • adjective anatomy Outside the cerebrum or brain

Etymologies

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extra- +‎ cerebral

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Examples

  • Although extracerebral metastases determine the outcome of patients with BM, the benefit from targeted agents still appears to be limited when compared to patients without BM.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Olivier Delattre's team (Inserm Unit 830 "Genetics and Biology of Cancer") of the Institut Curie reveal in an article in the 16 October issue of Nature that alteration of the ALK gene is closely associated with the most frequent solid extracerebral tumor in children-neuroblastoma.

    innovations-report 2008

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