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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions hemispherectomy noun (hemispherectomies) (neurosurgery) Surgical removal of a hemisphere (i.e., one-half) of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy. So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a , which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery. -- Christine Kennelly, The New Yorker, July 3, 2005, p.36. Etymology: From hemisphere + -ectomy.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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