combining form of L. cerebrum brain; as in cerebro-cardiac a., relating to the brain and heart; cerebro-ocular, relating to the brain and the eye; cerebro-thoracic, relating to the brain and thorax; cerebro-visceral, relating to the brain and viscera. Also CEREBRO-SPINAL. b. Also used to form several hybrid derivatives, of which the second element is Greek; as Cerebrology [see -LOGY], nonce-wd., the science or discussion of brains. Cerebrometer [see -METER], an instrument for recording cerebral pulsations. Cerebropathy [Gr. -πάθεια suffering], ‘the series of hypochrondriacal and other symptoms of like nature accompanying overwork of the brain’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). Cerebroscope, nonce-wd., after horoscope (see quot.). Cerebroscopy [Gr. -σκοπια examination, f. σκοπεῖν to look, examine], the use of the ophthalmoscope to determine the state of the retina and deduce the condition of the brain. (Syd. Soc. Lex.)
1881. Sci. American, XLV. No. 3. 36. Cerebrology of criminals.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 278. By means of a cerebrometer set into the skull of the dog.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 1459/2. The cerebro-ocular congestion.
1838. Blackw. Mag., XLIII. 658. A material ingredient in casting the cerebroscope.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 206/2. The [first] ganglion … may be termed cerebro-thoracic.
1831. Youatt, Horse, xiii. (1847), 287. The cerebro-visceral nerve.
