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hemispherectomies

hemispherectomies is the plural of hemispherectomy.

Meaning of hemispherectomy

Noun

hemispherectomy (plural hemispherectomies)

  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.2005 July 3, Christine Kennelly, The New Yorker, page 36

Questions about hemispherectomies

What is hemispherectomies the plural of?
Hemispherectomies is the plural of hemispherectomy.

Words near hemispherectomies in the dictionary

  1. hemispatial neglect
  2. hemispermatophore
  3. hemispermatophores
  4. hemispheral
  5. hemisphere
  6. hemispherectomies
  7. hemispherectomy
  8. hemisphered
  9. hemispheres
  10. hemispheric
  11. hemispherical

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