Medical Definition of Hemispherium cerebri

1. 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. 3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. "He died . . . Mourned by a hemisphere." (J. P. Peters)ten Cerebral hemispheres. See Brain. Magdeburg hemispheres, two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg. Origin: L. Hemisphaerium, Gr.; half = sphere: cf. F. Hemisphere. See Hemi-, and Sphere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemispherium Cerebri

hemisolvate
hemispasm
hemispatial
hemispheral
hemisphere
hemispherectomies
hemispherectomy
hemispheres
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemispherically
hemispherium
hemispherium cerebelli
hemispherium cerebri (current term)
hemispheroid
hemispheroidal
hemispheroids
hemispherule
hemispherules
hemisphære
hemisphæres
hemisphæric
hemistich
hemistichal
hemistichs
hemistrumectomy
hemists
hemisubstance

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