英语词汇cerebration的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cerebration
词源	cerebration n. "exertion of the brain," whether conscious or unconscious, 1853, coined by English physiologist Dr. William B. Carpenter (1813-1885) from Latin cerebrum "brain" (see cerebral) + -ation. Related: Cerebrate (v.); cerebrated. Entries linking to cerebration cerebral adj. 1801, "pertaining to the brain," from French cérébral (16c.), from Latin cerebrum "the brain" (also "the understanding"), from PIE keres-, from root ker- (1) "horn; head." The meaning "intellectual, clever" is from 1929. Cerebral palsy attested from 1824, originally a general term for cases of paralysis that seemed to be traceable to "a morbid state of the encephalon." Used from c. 1860 in a more specific sense based on the work of English surgeon Dr. William Little. -ation the end of some nouns of action; see -ate + -ion. updated on October 27, 2017
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cerebration n.