cerebroid

From cerebrum +‎ -oid.

cerebroid (comparative more cerebroid, superlative most cerebroid)

1. Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
   • 2012, Manfred Gabe, Peter Karlson, Jean Roche, “Hormones in Invertebrates”, in Marcel Florkin, editor, Comparative Biochemistry V6: A Comprehensive Treatise, page 259:

     The maturation of male gonocytes is inhibited, in all Nereidia, by a factor produced by the cerebroid ganglion; in certain species the maturation of female gonocytes undergoes a cerebral inhibition of the same type.

   • 2013, Erik Flügel, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks:

     The picture shows sperical ooids and 'cerebroid' ooids ( arrow ) with cones. The origin of cerebroid Mg-calcite ooids has been related to dissolution and precipitation by bacteria ( Richter 1983).

cerebroid (plural cerebroids)

1. A cerebroid ganglion.
   • 1841, Edward Newman, A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects, page 182:

     The first cerebroid or capitis cerebroida, is composed of two hemispheres; from these arise, in perfect insects, several pairs of nerves;

   • 1854, Albany Hancock, Dennis Embleton, “Summary of Observations on the Anatomy of Doris, a Nudibranchiate Mollusk”, in Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, page 125:

     The cerebroids communicate with each other across the median line .

   • 1871, Samuel Peckworth Woodward, ‎Ralph Tate, A Manual of the Mollusca: A Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells:

     The cerebroid supplies nerves to the tentacles, mouth, and lips.

2. An organoid (mass of cells grown in vitro) cultured from cerebral cells.
   • 1974, Raymond Hawkey, ‎Roger Bingham, Wild Card, page 132:

     At this stage, of coures, the crew of cerebroids can be removed when the hardware becomes obsolete , and transferred to a different type of ship .

   • 2022, Badrul Hisham Yahaya, Organoid Technology for Disease Modelling and Personalized Treatment, page 197:

     The notion of life inherent in the development of cerebroids and gastruloids will be presented as the moral status of these two special organoids is discussed.

   • 2022, Eric Schneider and Veljko Dubljevic/, “Building a Better Beast: Enhancing the Minds of Animals”, in Hans-Georg Dederer, ‎David Hamburger, editor, Brain Organoids in Research and Therapy, page 231:

     Outcomes may include timely implementation of technology where it is demanded, low incidence of lawsuits surrounding alleged misuse of the technology, government funding of research into the ethics and biology of animals augmented with human cerebroids, intersection between authors writing for scholarly and public audiences, and results from research on public sentiments..

Borrowed from French cérébroïde.

cerebroid m or n (feminine singular cerebroidă, masculine plural cerebroizi, feminine and neuter plural cerebroide)

1. cerebroid