split-brain

[split-breyn]

adjective

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

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

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split brain in Medicine

split-brain

adj.

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