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split-brain

[ split-breyn ]
/ ˈsplɪtˈbreɪn /

adjective

having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.

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Nearby words

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Origin of split-brain

First recorded in 1955–60
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British Dictionary definitions for split brain

split brain

noun

a brain in which the tracts connecting the two halves of the cerebral cortex have been surgically split or are missing from birth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for split brain

split-brain

adj.

Of, relating to, or subjected to surgical separation of the hemispheres of the brain by severing the corpus callosum.
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