a. [f. L. cerebrum + -IC.] Pertaining to the brain; esp. in Cerebric acid (Chem.), a fatty acid obtained from the brain.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 587/2. Cerebric acid, when purified, is white, and is in the form of crystalline grains.
1883. American, VI. 410/1. The English naturalists defined identity as a cerebric habit induced by molecular modifications of brain tissue.
