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LEFT HEMISPHERE

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• LEFT HEMISPHERE (noun)
The noun LEFT HEMISPHERE has 1 sense:

1. the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body

Familiarity information: LEFT HEMISPHERE used as a noun is very rare.

• LEFT HEMISPHERE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

left brain; left hemisphere

Hypernyms ("left hemisphere" is a kind of...):

cerebral hemisphere; hemisphere (either half of the cerebrum)

Meronyms (parts of "left hemisphere"):

language area; language zone (a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language)

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(English proverb)
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(Bhutanese proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"High trees catch lots of wind."
(Dutch proverb)

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