left brain

noun

The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation.

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left hemisphere

Meanings

nounleft brain (plural left brains)

plural left brains

  1. The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body

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left hemisphere

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

left brain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20brain

MLA

“left brain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20brain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left brain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20brain.

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