corpus-callosum
pəs kəˈloʊ noun, plural cor·po·ra cal·lo·sa 
[kawr-per-uh kuh-loh-suh] . Anatomy, Zoology.
[kawr-per-uh kuh-loh-suh] . Anatomy, Zoology. a great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals.
Origin:
1700–10; < Neo-Latin: literally, firm body
1700–10; < Neo-Latin: literally, firm body
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| —n , pl corpora callosa | |
| the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals | |
| [New Latin, literally: callous body] | |
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corpus callosum corpus cal·lo·sum (kə-lō'səm)
n.
The commissural plate of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres except for most of the temporal lobes. Also called commissure of cerebral hemispheres.
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Plural corpora callosa The transverse band of nerve fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres. |
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