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hemispherectomy

noun

Etymology

From hemisphere + -ectomy.

  1. derived from ἡμισφαίριον
  2. derived from hemisphaerium
  3. suffixed as hemispherectomy — “hemisphere + ectomy”

Definitions

  1. Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise…

    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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