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Look up: brain

  1. brain
    Collection of nerve cells usually located at the anterior end of an animal, when present at all. The nerves coordinate information gathered by sense organs, locomotion, and most internal body activities.
    Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl

  2. Brain
    Mass of nerve tissue in the head. The part inside the top of the head that controls the body and makes people able to think. The soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull that controls and coordinates the nervous system and is the centre of thought, memory and emotions.…
    Found on http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/tutorials

  3. brain
    [n] - the brain of certain animals used as meat 2. [n] - mental ability 3. [n] - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers 4. [v] - hit on the head 5. [v] - kill by smashing someone`s skull
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Brain
    Organ that controls what the body does.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20442

  5. BRAIN
    This is the name of the protocol used by Yokogawa for communications with their smart instrumentation. It is similar in principle to the HART system but is a slightly different implementation.
    Found on http://www.merrydowncontrolware.co.uk/mc

  6. Brain
    An organ in the nervous system
    Found on http://www.makingsenseofhealth.org.uk/de

  7. Brain
    The brain controls thought, memory and emotion. It sends messages to the body controlling movement, speech and senses.
    Found on http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/hub.x

  8. Brain
    Brain: That part of the central nervous system that is located within the cranium (skull). The brain functions as the primary receiver, organizer and distributor of information for the body. It has two (right and left) halves called 'hemispheres.'
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  9. Brain
    Brain noun [ Middle English brain , brein , Anglo-Saxon bragen , brægen ; akin to LG. brägen , bregen , Dutch brein , and perhaps to Greek ..., the upper part of head, if ... =.... √95.] 1.<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/90

  10. Brain
    Brain transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Brained ; present participle & verbal noun Braining .] 1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/90

  11. brain
    One of the two components of the central nervous system, the brain is the centre of thought and emotion. It is responsible for the coordination and control of bodily activities and the interpretation of information from the senses (sight, hearing, smell, etc.). ... (22 May 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. brain
    encephalon noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. brain
    brainpower noun mental ability; `he`s got plenty of brains but no common sense`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. brain
    noun the brain of certain animals used as meat
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. brain
    verb hit on the head
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. brain
    (brān) that part of the central nervous system contained within the skull; it is divided into the forebrain or prosencephalon, the midbrain or mesencephalon, and the hindbrain or rhombencephalon. The brain is a mass of soft, spongy, pinkish gray tissue that weighs about 1.2 kg in a human being; it is made up of billions ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  17. Brain
    • (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. • (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. • (v. t.) To conceive; to understand. • (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. brain
    the mass of nerve tissue in the anterior end of an organism. The brain integrates sensory information and directs motor responses; in higher ... [114 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/105

  19. Brain
    Bra In is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Brain` Bra In doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Bra In appeared In the top-1000 was 28 years ago, In 1980. It ranked #651 In that year. . 1980 was a `top year` for the name Brain. (Based on 128 years of name histor...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Brai

  20. Brain
    Brian is slang for to hit hard on the head.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. brain
    Type: Term Pronunciation: brān Definitions: 1. That part of the central nervous system contained within the cranium.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  22. Brain
    Type: Term Pronunciation: brān Definitions: 1. Walter Russell, English physician, 1895-1966. See: Brain reflex
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  23. Brain
    Brian is slang for to hit hard on the head.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  24. brain
    brain, the supervisory center of the nervous system in all vertebrates. It also serves as the site of emotions, memory, self-awareness, and thought.Sections in this article:IntroductionAnatomy and FunctionNeural PathwaysResearchBibliography
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08087

  25. Brain
    According to Aristotle, it is a cooling organ of the body. Early in the history of philosophy, it was regarded as closely connected with consciousness and with activities of the soul. Descartes contended that mind-body relations are centered in the pineal gland located between the two hemispheres of...
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/b.html



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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