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cerebral hemisphere

American  

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 British  

noun

  1. either half of the cerebrum

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cerebral hemisphere Scientific  

  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.

Etymology

Origin of cerebral hemisphere

First recorded in 1810–20

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