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SPLIT-BRAIN TECHNIQUE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted
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Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("split-brain technique" is a kind of...):
brain surgery (any surgical procedure involving the brain)