cerebrin

English

Etymology

cerebrum +‎ -in

Noun

cerebrin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry, dated) A non-phosphorized nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cerebrin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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