LEFT HEMISPHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does left hemisphere mean? 

• LEFT HEMISPHERE (noun)
  The noun LEFT HEMISPHERE has 1 sense:

1. the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body

  Familiarity information: LEFT HEMISPHERE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEFT HEMISPHERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

left brain; left hemisphere

Hypernyms ("left hemisphere" is a kind of...):

cerebral hemisphere; hemisphere (either half of the cerebrum)

Meronyms (parts of "left hemisphere"):

language area; language zone (a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language)

 Context examples 

Surgical removal of the left hemisphere of the liver.

(Left Hemihepatectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

The right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body.

(Cerebral hemisphere, NCI Dictionary)