brainal

English

Etymology

brain +‎ -al

Adjective

brainal (not comparable)

1. (possibly nonstandard) Of or relating to the brain.
   • 1882, Transactions of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Volumes 84-85, page 81:

     Disordered emotional states, attributable to the lowered vitality of the brainal structures, mark alike the rise and progress of the disorder...

   • 1905, Edmond Raymond Moras, Autology (study thyself) and autopathy (cure thyself), page 18:

     ...the changes effected by diet and environments on the brainal or intellectual characteristics of the individual.

   • 2012, J.R. Angelella, Zombie, page 8:

     Some slight incision in a particular brainal lobe and I'd be good to go —lobotomized.

Synonyms

• cerebral

Anagrams

• nail bar