English Explanatory Dictionary

hemispherectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.

Word forms

hemispherectomy hemispherectomies

Etymology

From hemisphere + -ectomy.

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