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brain
What does brain mean?
brain (noun): that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce brain?
/bɹeɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does brain come from?
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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