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brain [brains] (brains: intellect) noun [UK: breɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn] | intelectonoun |
brain [brains] (intelligent person) noun [UK: breɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn] | crânionoun |
brain [brains] (organ) noun [UK: breɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn] | cérebronoun |
brain [brains] (person providing intelligence) noun [UK: breɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn] | cabeçanoun |
brain coral (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) noun | coral-cérebronoun |
brain-dead (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) adjective | descerebradoadjective |
brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) adjective | cerebralmente mortoadjective com morte cerebraladjective |
brain death [brain deaths] (irreversible cessation of brain activity) noun [UK: breɪn deθ] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈdeθ] | morte cerebralnoun |
brain drain [brain drains] (emigration of educated people) noun [UK: breɪn dreɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈdreɪn] | fuga de cérebrosnoun |
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] | tronco cerebralnoun |
brain-teaser (a complex riddle or puzzle) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn tiː.zə(r)] [US: ˈbreɪn tiː.zər] | quebra-cabeçasnoun |
brain tumor [brain tumors] (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division) noun [UK: breɪn ˈtuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈtuː.mər] | tumor cerebralnoun |
brain-washing (form of indoctrination) noun [UK: breɪn ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈwɑːʃ.ɪŋ] | lavagem cerebralnoun |
brainchild (creation) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld] [US: ˈbreɪn.ˌtʃaɪld] | criaçãonoun |
brainless (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) adjective [UK: ˈbreɪn.ləs] [US: ˈbreɪn.ləs] | descerebradoadjective |
brainstorming (method of problem solving) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn.stɔːm.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn.ˌstɔːrm.ɪŋ] | brainstormnoun brainstormingnoun tempestade cerebralnoun tempestade de ideiasnoun |
brainwash [brainwashed, brainwashing, brainwashes] (to affect one's mind) verb [UK: ˈbreɪn.wɒʃ] [US: ˈbreɪˌn.wɑːʃ] | |
blood-brain barrier [blood-brain barriers] (structure in the central nervous system) noun | barreira hematoencefálicanoun |
forebrain [forebrains] (part of the brain) noun [UK: ˈfɔː.breɪn] [US: ˈfɔːr.ˌbren] | prosencéfalonoun |
hindbrain [hindbrains] noun [UK: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn] [US: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn] | rombencéfalonoun |
midbrain [midbrains] (part of brain) noun [UK: mˈɪdbreɪn] [US: mˈɪdbreɪn] | mesencéfalonoun |
rack one's brain (struggle to think of something) verb [UK: ræk wʌnz breɪn] [US: ˈræk wʌnz ˈbreɪn] | quebrar a cabeçaverb |
scatterbrain (flighty, disorganized or forgetful person) noun [UK: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn] [US: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn] | distraídonoun |
shit-for-brains (Very stupid) adjective | sem cérebroadjective |
smell-brain (part of brain involved with smelling) noun [UK: smel breɪn] [US: ˈsmel ˈbreɪn] | rinencéfalonoun |