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- noun neurosurgery Surgical removal of a hemisphere (i.e., one-half) of the
brain , usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollableepilepsy .
Etymologies
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Neurologists at Johns Hopkins University qualified her to undergo a daring and new surgery called a hemispherectomy, in which the damaged half of her brain would be removed.
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Neurologists at Johns Hopkins University qualified her to undergo a daring and new surgery called a hemispherectomy, in which the damaged half of her brain would be removed.
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The rare procedure is called a hemispherectomy, and though drastic, it was considered the best possible treatment for Jessie, who suffers from Rasmussen's encephalitis, a progressive degeneration of the cerebral cortex that causes uncontrollable seizures.
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The operation known as hemispherectomy -- where half the brain is removed—sounds too radical to ever consider, much less perform.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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This is called a hemispherectomy and is most commonly performed in children.
Penn State Live 2010
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This is called a hemispherectomy and is most commonly performed in children.
Penn State Live 2010
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The procedure, called a hemispherectomy, is not without danger itself.
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Kian had brain surgery, a precidure called a hemispherectomy, to relieve or cure the epileptic fits that have plagued his childhood.
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It seems that the only cure for it at the moment is a hemispherectomy ...
Obama Introduces Resolution Against White House On Iran 2009
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Rasmussen Syndrome is a form of epilepsy that requires a hemispherectomy to "treat" ...
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