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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)
Familiarity information: CALLOSECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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