Definition of Hemispheres

1. Noun. (plural of hemisphere) ¹

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Definition of Hemispheres

1. hemisphere [n] - See also: hemisphere

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemispheres

hemisected
hemisecting
hemisection
hemisections
hemisects
hemisensory
hemiseptum
hemisolvate
hemispasm
hemispatial
hemispheral
hemisphere
hemispherectomies
hemispherectomy
hemispheres (current term)
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemispherically
hemispherium
hemispherium cerebelli
hemispherium cerebri
hemispheroid
hemispheroidal
hemispheroids
hemispherule
hemispherules
hemisphære
hemisphæres

Literary usage of Hemispheres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"For purposes of description it may be divided into five parts, as follows : (1) the two cerebral hemispheres ; (2) the inter-brain ; (3) the mid-brain ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"The cerebral hemispheres together form an ovoid mass, flattened on its under ... The hemispheres are separated in a large part of their extent by a deep ..."

3. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"The cerebral hemispheres of man are the largest and most complex part of the ... The degree of development of the cerebral hemispheres is correlated with ..."

4. A Treatise on Human Physiology by John Call Dalton (1882)
"Localization of Function in different parts of the hemispheres. ... They show that certain parts of the cortex of the hemispheres are connected with ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The cerebral hemispheres are formed by the evagination of the alar laminae ... Each of the cerebral hemispheres consists of two ventrally placed portions, ..."

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