Meanings
nouncallosumectomy (plural callosumectomies)
plural callosumectomies
- rareThe surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
which allows a researcher to examine lateralization in many bird species without any surgical manipulations such as callosumectomy in mammalian systems.
1998, Rosemary Strasser, The avian hippocampal formation and spatial cognition
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with callosumectomy
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