CEREBRIN

Cer"e*brin, n. Etym: [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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