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cerebral hemisphere

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the two regions of the brain that are delineated by the body's median plane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

either half of the cerebrum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hemisphere

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neural structure

Narrower terms: left hemisphere, left brain, right hemisphere, right brain

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կիսագունդ (kisagund) — region of the brain
  • Asturian: hemisferiu — region of the brain
  • Catalan: hemisferi — region of the brain
  • Czech: mozková hemisféra — region of the brain
  • Czech: hemisféra — region of the brain
  • Finnish: aivopuolisko — region of the brain
  • Galician: hemisferio — region of the brain
  • Greek: ημισφαίριο (imisfaírio) — region of the brain
  • Hungarian: agyfélteke — region of the brain
  • Indonesian: hemisfer — region of the brain
  • Italian: emisfero — region of the brain
  • Polish: półkula — region of the brain
  • Polish: półkula mózgu — region of the brain
  • Portuguese: hemisfério — region of the brain
  • Romanian: emisferă (cerebrală) — region of the brain
  • Russian: полуша́рие (polušárije) — region of the brain
  • Spanish: hemisferio cerebral — region of the brain
  • Spanish: hemisferio — region of the brain
  • Swedish: hjärnhalva — region of the brain
  • Welsh: hemisffer cerebrol — region of the brain