Anat. [L. cerebrum brain.] The brain proper; the convoluted mass of nervous matter forming the anterior, and, in the higher vertebrates, largest part of the brain; in man it overlaps all the rest and fills nearly the whole cavity of the skull.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 475. It filleth almost the whole Scull; and this is properly called Cerebrum or the Braine.
1718. Prior, Alma, III. 155. Surprise my readers, whilst I tell ’em Of cerebrum and Cerebellum.
1855. H. Spencer, Princ. Psychol. (1872), I. 62, note. The cerebrum is generally recognised as the chief organ of mind.
1879. Calderwood, Mind & Br., ii. 10. Enveloped within three membranes, is the brain proper, or cerebrum.
