Medical Definition of Hemispherectomy

1. Excision of one cerebral hemisphere; undertaken for malignant tumours, intractable epilepsy usually associated with infantile hemiplegia due to birth injury, and other cerebral conditions. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemispherectomy

hemipteron
Hemipteronatus
Hemipteronatus novacula
hemipterous
hemipterous
hemipterous insect
hemipters
Hemiramphidae
hemisect
hemisection
hemisensory
hemiseptum
hemispasm
hemisphere
hemisphere
hemispherectomy (current term)
hemispheres
hemisphere of bulb of penis
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemispherium
hemispherium bulbi urethrae
hemispherium cerebelli
hemispherium cerebri
Hemispora
hemistich
hemistichal
hemistichs
hemistrumectomy
hemists

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