callosumectomy
callosumectomy noun: the surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
Noun
callosumectomy (plural callosumectomies)
- The surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
- which allows a researcher to examine lateralization in many bird species without any surgical manipulations such as callosumectomy in mammalian systems.1998, Rosemary Strasser, The avian hippocampal formation and spatial cognition
Forms of callosumectomy
| plural | callosumectomies |
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Origin of callosumectomy
From corpus callosum + -ectomy.
Words that rhyme with callosumectomy
- facadectomy
- onychectomy
- tarsectomy
- transversectomy
- adenectomy
- adenoidectomy
- adenomectomy
- adenotonsillectomy
- adipectomy
- adnexectomy
- adrenalectomy
- allatectomy
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- alveolectomy
- amnionectomy
- ampullectomy
- amygdalectomy
- aneurysmectomy
- antennectomy
- antrectomy
- apicectomy
- apicoectomy
- appendectomy
- appendicectomy
- arteriectomy
- arthrectomy
- arytenoidectomy
- astragalectomy
- atherectomy
- auriculectomy
- bafflectomy
- bichectomy
- blebectomy
- blepharectomy
- brainectomy
- bulbectomy
- bullectomy
- bunionectomy
- bursectomy
- canthectomy
- capsulectomy
- cardiectomy
- cardioectomy
- carpectomy
- carunclectomy
- cashectomy
- caudectomy
- cecectomy
- cerebellectomy
- cervicectomy
- cheilectomy
- cholecystectomy
- choledochectomy
- chondrectomy
- clinoidectomy
- clitorectomy
- clitoridectomy
- coccygectomy
- colectomy
- colonectomy
- colorectomy
Questions about callosumectomy
- What does callosumectomy mean?
- Callosumectomy means the surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
- What part of speech is callosumectomy?
- Callosumectomy is a noun.
- What is the plural of callosumectomy?
- The plural of callosumectomy is callosumectomies.
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