"innerbrain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: innerbrains [plural], inner-brain [alternative], inner brain [alternative]
Etymology: From inner + brain. Etymology templates: {{com|en|inner|brain}} inner + brain Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} innerbrain (countable and uncountable, plural innerbrains)
  1. (informal) Structures located deep within the brain, particularly those involved in emotions and memory. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-innerbrain-en-noun-8YqpxxJz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Brain

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1964, Mary Asia Hilf, Barbara Bourns, No Time for Tears, page 262:",
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          "ref": "2020, C. S. Warner, The Mystical Marriage:",
          "text": "I ask that because, as I stated in chapter 10, the Buddhists call the innerbrain the \"phallus.\"",
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