callosumectomy

English

Etymology

From corpus callosum +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

callosumectomy (plural callosumectomies)

1. (rare) The surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
   • 1998, Rosemary Strasser, The avian hippocampal formation and spatial cognition‎^[1]:

     which allows a researcher to examine lateralization in many bird species without any surgical manipulations such as callosumectomy in mammalian systems.

Usage notes

More often referred to as a (total) section of the corpus callosum.