cerebral hemisphere

American  

noun

1. 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.

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cerebral hemisphere British  

noun

1. either half of the cerebrum

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cerebral hemisphere Scientific  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of cerebral hemisphere

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

However, the left cerebral hemisphere controls the right side of the body, whereas the right cerebral hemisphere controls the left side of the body.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

I attribute the low weight to the loss of volume in the left cerebral hemisphere.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

It separates the cerebrum into two distinct halves, a right and left cerebral hemisphere.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Normally one cerebral hemisphere is dominant, but when that is not the case, the brain may picture an image in reverse, cause the individual to read or write backwards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ordinarily with defective development of one cerebral hemisphere the cerebellar defect is on the opposite side, herein following the course of the anatomical connections of that development and of the secondary degenerations.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.