cerebral hemisphere

noun
1.
either of the rounded halves of the cerebrum of the brain, divided laterally by a deep fissure and connected at the bottom by the corpus callosum.
Origin
1810-20
Examples from the web for cerebral hemisphere
  • Cerebral hypoxia refers to the outer part of the brain, an area called the cerebral hemisphere.
British Dictionary definitions for cerebral hemisphere

cerebral hemisphere

noun
1.
either half of the cerebrum
cerebral hemisphere in Medicine

cerebral hemisphere n.
Either of the two symmetrical halves of the cerebrum, as divided by the longitudinal cerebral fissure.

cerebral hemisphere in Science
cerebral hemisphere  
Either of the two symmetrical halves of the cerebrum, designated right and left. In mammals, the cerebral hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum, a transverse band of nerve fibers.