corpus callosum

American  

[kawr-puhs kuh-loh-suhm] / ˈkɔr pəs kəˈloʊ səm /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

PLURAL

corpora callosa

1. a great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals.

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corpus callosum British  

/ kəˈləʊsəm /

noun

1. the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals

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corpus callosum Scientific  

/ kə-lō′səm /

PLURAL

corpora callosa

1. The transverse band of nerve fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres.

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Etymology

Origin of corpus callosum

1700–10; < New Latin: literally, firm body

Example Sentences

One patient whose corpus callosum, which connects the brain’s hemispheres, had been severed was asked whether he believed in God.

From Washington Post

The corpus callosum— which connects the left and right sides of the brain — had not formed.

From Los Angeles Times

Two brains are connected via brain bridging, a futuristic technology that permits neurons to directly and reciprocally influence each other, acting as an artificial corpus callosum.

From Nature

A rare condition called Agenesis of the corpus callosum meant the part that connects the two hemispheres in the brain had failed to develop.

From BBC

Due to his missing corpus callosum, Ellis has a disorder called “agenesis of the corpus callosum.”

From Fox News