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CALLOSECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does callosectomy mean? 

CALLOSECTOMY (noun)
  The noun CALLOSECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)play

  Familiarity information: CALLOSECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLOSECTOMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

callosectomy; callosotomy

Hypernyms ("callosectomy" is a kind of...):

psychosurgery (brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems)


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