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Noun: corpus callosum  ,kor-pus-ku'low-sum
  1. A broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
    "Severing the corpus callosum can lead to split-brain syndrome"

Type of: commissure

Part of: forebrain, prosencephalon

Encyclopedia: Corpus callosum