cerebral hemisphere

noun

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

First recorded in 1810–20

Compare left brain, right brain.

Words Nearby cerebral hemisphere

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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 Kennedy
When 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 Kennedy
In man and the animals nearest him the cortex forms by far the larger part of the whole cerebral hemisphere.
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Now I traced some delicate nervous filament from the spinal column of the amphioxus to the cerebral hemisphere of the mammifer.
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Gyrus, jī′rus, n. one of the rounded edges into which the surface of the cerebral hemisphere is divided by the fissures or sulci.
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British Dictionary definitions for cerebral hemisphere

cerebral hemisphere

noun

either half of the cerebrum

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Scientific definitions for cerebral hemisphere

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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