1. severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy); [syn: callosotomy, callosectomy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
callosectomy
n 1: severing the corpus callosum so that communication between
the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe
intractable epilepsy) [syn: callosotomy, callosectomy]