Chem. Also -ine. [f. as prec. + -IN.] A name that has been applied to several substances obtained from brain; esp. a light white hygroscopic powder, obtained by the action of baryta and heat on brain-tissue. (See Watts, Chem. Dict., and Syd. Soc. Lex.)
1830. R. Knox, Béclard’s Anat., 332. M. Chevreul has found in the blood a characteristic ingredient of the nervous substance, which is named cerebrine.
1878. Kingzett, Anim. Chem., 267. Kuhn gave to one of the principles of the brain the name of cerebrine.
