split-brain

[ split-breyn ]

/ ˈsplɪtˈbreɪn /

adjective

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

Words nearby split-brain

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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

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Medical 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.