split brain

noun

A type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree.

Meanings

nounsplit brain (plural split brains)

plural split brains

  1. medicineA type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree.
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