Hemispherectomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.

    "So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery."

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"So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery."

Etymology

From hemisphere + -ectomy.

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