brain cell

See also: braincell

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Noun

brain cell (plural brain cells)

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

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

   2. (humorous, figurative, hyperbolic) Taken as a unit of intelligence, especially in small quantities.

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

Derived terms

• two brain cells to rub together

Translations

cell in brain

Afrikaans: breinsel 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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