Cerebrin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerebrin \Cer"e*brin\, n. [From {Cerebrum}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain
     and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is
     uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a
     product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.
     [1913 Webster]