cerebral hemisphere

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.

cerebral hemisphere

noun

1. either half of the cerebrum

cerebral hemisphere

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebral hemisphere¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

We found that the right cerebral hemisphere was markedly disrupted.

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When viewed from above the left cerebral hemisphere was intact.

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In man and the animals nearest him the cortex forms by far the larger part of the whole cerebral hemisphere.

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Now I traced some delicate nervous filament from the spinal column of the amphioxus to the cerebral hemisphere of the mammifer.

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Gyrus, jī′rus, n. one of the rounded edges into which the surface of the cerebral hemisphere is divided by the fissures or sulci.

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