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brain [brains] (organ) noun [UK: breɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn] | hjernenoun |
brain damage [brain damages] (injury to the brain) noun | (Bokmål) hjerneskadenoun (Nynorsk) hjerneskadenoun |
brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) adjective | (Bokmål) hjernedødadjective (Nynorsk) hjernedød, hjernedaudadjective |
brain drain [brain drains] (emigration of educated people) noun [UK: breɪn dreɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈdreɪn] | (Bokmål) hjernefluktnoun |
brain stem [brain stems] (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) noun [UK: breɪn stem] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈstem] | (Bokmål) hjernestammenoun |
brain tumor [brain tumors] (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division) noun [UK: breɪn ˈtuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈtuː.mər] | hjernesvulstnoun |
brain-washing (form of indoctrination) noun [UK: breɪn ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈwɑːʃ.ɪŋ] | (Bokmål) hjernevasknoun (Nynorsk) hjernevasknoun |
brainstorming (method of problem solving) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn.stɔːm.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn.ˌstɔːrm.ɪŋ] | idédugnadnoun |
midbrain [midbrains] (part of brain) noun [UK: mˈɪdbreɪn] [US: mˈɪdbreɪn] | mesencephalonnoun |