SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does split-brain technique mean? 

• SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE (noun)
  The noun SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE has 1 sense:

1. brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted

  Familiarity information: SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE used as a noun is very rare.

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• SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("split-brain technique" is a kind of...):

brain surgery (any surgical procedure involving the brain)