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corpus callosum definition

corpus cal·lo·sum (kə lō′səm)

a mass of white, transverse fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres in human beings and in other higher mammals

Etymology: ModL, lit., callous body

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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