brain cell

brain cell

See also: braincell

English

Noun

brain cell (plural brain cells)

1. (cytology) A cell in the brain, such as a neuron or a glial cell.
2. (colloquial) neuron
   • 2018 October 12, Naomi Alderman, “What the gut knows”, New Statesman:

     Did you know that you have brain cells in your stomach?

3. (humorous) taken as a unit of intelligence

   Those two morons only have one brain cell to share between them.

Translations

cell in brain

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 腦細胞／脑细胞 (zh) (nǎoxìbāo) Danish: hjernecelle c Dutch: hersencel (nl) Finnish: aivosolu (fi) French: cellule du cerveau f German: Gehirnzelle (de) f Hindi: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: heilafruma f Italian: cellula cerebrale f Japanese: 脳細胞 (のうさいぼう, nōsaibō) Russian: мозгова́я кле́тка f (mozgovája klétka) Spanish: célula cerebral f Swedish: hjärncell c Vietnamese: tế bào não

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