Meaning of hemispherectomy | Babel Free
Definitions
Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Hemisphärektomie
Español
hemisferectomía
Français
hémisphérectomie
Italiano
emisferectomia
Nederlands
hemisferectomie
Português
hemisferectomia
Examples
“So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.