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CALLOSOTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
Synonyms:
callosectomy; callosotomy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("callosotomy" 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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