brain cell
See also: braincell
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editbrain cell (plural brain cells)
- (cytology) A cell in the brain, such as a neuron or a glial cell.
- (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?
- (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.
- (colloquial) A neuron.
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