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Webster 1913 Edition
Cerebral
Cer′e-bral
,Noun.
[A false translation of the Skr.
mūrdhanya
, lit., head-sounds.] One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See
Lingual
, Noun.
☞ Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.