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

If the left cerebral hemisphere is dominant in the majority of people, why would right-handedness be most common?

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

Thus when the cortex destroyed is of the right cerebral hemisphere, the resultant visual defect is in the left half of the field of vision of both eyes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various