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noun, plural: cerebral hemispheres
A half sphere of the cerebrum marked longitudinally by a median fissure.
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The cerebrum is divided by left and right cerebral hemispheres separated by a medial longitudinal fissure. The two hemispheres are linked by corpus callosum and small commissures.
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