noun
a nerve cell in the brain
• Hypernyms: ↑nerve cell, ↑neuron
• Hyponyms: ↑Golgi's cell, ↑Golgi cell, ↑Purkinje cell
• Part Holonyms: ↑brain, ↑encephalon
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brain cell,
a nerve cell in the brain.
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n. a cell in the tissue of the brain
■ informal regarded as a unit of intellectual power
it does help if the student has more than one brain cell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.