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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue
2. 2
   A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. wordnet

Etymology

From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide.

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