CommonParlance
Seed
Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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brain disease in CommonParlance
- definition any disorder or disease of the brain
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brain disorder in CommonParlance
- definition any disorder or disease of the brain
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brain doctor in CommonParlance
- definition a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
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brain drain in CommonParlance
- definition depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
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brain edema in CommonParlance
- definition swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter
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brain fever in CommonParlance
- definition meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
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brain mushroom in CommonParlance
- definition a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown
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brain science in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain
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brain stem in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
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brain sugar in CommonParlance
- definition a simple sugar found in lactose
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brain surgeon in CommonParlance
- definition someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
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brain surgery in CommonParlance
- definition any surgical procedure involving the brain
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brain trust in CommonParlance
- definition an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
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brain truster in CommonParlance
- definition an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status
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brain tumor in CommonParlance
- definition a tumor in the brain
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brain tumour in CommonParlance
- definition a tumor in the brain
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brain wave in CommonParlance
- definition (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
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brain-fag in CommonParlance
- definition exhaustion that affects mental keenness
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brain-stem in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
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brain-teaser in CommonParlance
- definition a difficult problem
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brain-worker in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose profession involves using their head to solve problems
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braincase in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the skull that encloses the brain
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brainchild in CommonParlance
- definition a product of your creative thinking and work
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brainiac in CommonParlance
- definition someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
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brainish in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation