hemispherectomy

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Definition of hemispherectomy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.
    “So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery.”

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Etymology

From hemisphere + -ectomy.

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