To convert into brain tissue or to treat something (especially intellectually) as if it originates from cerebral thinking rather than intuition or emotion.
From Latin cerebrum (brain) + -ize (to make or cause). The -ize suffix is productive in English, allowing conversion of nouns into verbs meaning to cause transformation into that substance or state.
While rarely used in modern medicine, this word captures an old-fashioned idea that the brain was the seat of all thought and rationality—a view that contrasted with beliefs that emotions came from the heart or gut.
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