Wada test

noun

a test used to establish which cerebral functions are localised to which hemisphere

Meanings

nounWada test (plural Wada tests)

plural Wada tests

  1. a test used to establish which cerebral functions are localised to which hemisphere

Origin

Named after Canadian neurologist and epileptologist Juhn Atsushi Wada.

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