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split-brain

[ split-breyn ]

adjective

  1. having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.

split brain

noun

  1. a brain in which the tracts connecting the two halves of the cerebral cortex have been surgically split or are missing from birth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of split-brain1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

This was the crucial moment that led Gazzaniga deep into the depths of split-brain patient research.

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