cerebral hemisphere
either of the rounded halves of the cerebrum of the brain, divided laterally by a deep fissure and connected at the bottom by the corpus callosum.
Origin of cerebral hemisphere
1- Compare left brain, right brain.
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How to use cerebral hemisphere in a sentence
We found that the right cerebral hemisphere was markedly disrupted.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWhen viewed from above the left cerebral hemisphere was intact.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIn man and the animals nearest him the cortex forms by far the larger part of the whole cerebral hemisphere.
Now I traced some delicate nervous filament from the spinal column of the amphioxus to the cerebral hemisphere of the mammifer.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 | VariousGyrus, jī′rus, n. one of the rounded edges into which the surface of the cerebral hemisphere is divided by the fissures or sulci.
British Dictionary definitions for cerebral hemisphere
either half of the cerebrum
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Scientific definitions for cerebral hemisphere
Either of the two symmetrical halves of the cerebrum, designated right and left. In mammals, the cerebral hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum, a transverse band of nerve fibers.
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