hemispherectomy Surg.
(ˌhɛmɪsfɛˈrɛktəmɪ)
[f. hemisphere 5 + -ectomy.]
Excision of a cerebral hemisphere.
| 1950 Jrnl. Neurol. & Psychiatry XIII. 243/1 Over a period of five years..12 hemispherectomies were performed on patients suffering from infantile hemiplegia. Ibid. 263/1 Because of the ventricular distortion, hemispherectomy was carried out. 1956 E. L. Mascall Christ. Theol. & Nat. Sci. vi. 252 There are no theoretical problems for Christian faith..in the remarkable psychological effects of operations such as pre-frontal leucotomy, lobotomy and hemispherectomy. |