Commissurotomy

/ˌkɒmɪʃəˈrɒtəmi/ noun

Definition

A surgical procedure in which a commissure, especially the corpus callosum connecting brain hemispheres, is severed.

Etymology

From commissure + -tomy suffix (from Greek tome 'cutting'). Medical term combining anatomical and surgical terminology.

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Split-brain patients from commissurotomy surgeries showed that your sense of being one unified person might be an illusion—if one hemisphere is cut off, each can function independently with its own consciousness.

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