callosumectomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun
[edit]callosumectomy (plural callosumectomies)
- (rare) The surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
- 1998, Rosemary Strasser, The avian hippocampal formation and spatial cognition[1]:
- which allows a researcher to examine lateralization in many bird species without any surgical manipulations such as callosumectomy in mammalian systems.
Usage notes
[edit]More often referred to as a (total) section of the corpus callosum.