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

Whereas hemorrhagic stroke may involve bleeding into a large region of the CNS, such as into the deep white matter of a cerebral hemisphere, other events can cause widespread damage and loss of neurological functions.

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

We know that it is only in the cerebral hemisphere of the adult brain that the processes of true human consciousness go on.

From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward