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intracerebrally

intracerebrally

9.9
Doctors put medicine directly into the brain, usually by injection
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪntrəˈsɛrəbrəli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intracerebralmente
  • Patients received the treatment intracerebrally to ensure that it targeted the affected areas of the brain.
  • inoculated intracerebrally

Examples

  • The steers are used as controls in a CWD cross-species transmission experiment in which cattle were inoculated intracerebrally with CWD-infected brain tissue.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Or intracerebrally, meaning straight into the brains of unsuspecting animals.

  • The researchers administered the vaccine intracerebrally to study its effects on brain function.

  • In the experiment, the drug was delivered intracerebrally to observe how it impacted neural activity.

Synonyms

cerebrally
vsintracerebrally
  • Specialized
8.2

In a way that happens inside the brain rather than in the rest of the body

refers to events or treatments given directly inside the brain

Surface Forms

intracerebrally positive

Morphology

intracerebrally = intracerebral (semi-transparent) = intra + cerebral + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'intracerebral'; the meaning is compositionally clear but the prefix 'intra-' is technical and may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

The word intracerebrally comes from intra- meaning 'inside' and cerebr- meaning 'brain', the same root you see in cerebral. So, intracerebrally means 'inside the brain' and is used when something happens or is given directly within the brain.