hemispherectomy

English

Etymology

From hemisphere +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

hemispherectomy (plural hemispherectomies)

  1. (neurosurgery) Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.
    • 2005 July 3, Christine Kennelly, The New Yorker, page 36:
      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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