corpus callosum

[kawr-puhs kuh-loh-suhm]

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

corpora callosa 

1. a great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals.

corpus callosum

/ kəˈləʊsəm /

noun

1. the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals

corpus callosum

plural

corpora callosa 

1. The transverse band of nerve fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpus callosum¹

1700–10; < New Latin: literally, firm body

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpus callosum¹

New Latin, literally: callous body