corpus callosum

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′pəs kə lō′səm)

Inflections of 'corpus callosum' (n): npl: corpora callosa

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cor•pus cal•lo•sum  (kôr′pəs kə lō′səm),USA pronunciation pl. cor•po•ra cal•lo•sa (kôr′pər ə kə lō′sə).USA pronunciation [Anat., Zool.]
  1. Anatomy, Zoologya great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals. See illus. under brain. 
  • Neo-Latin: literally, firm body
  • 1700–10

'corpus callosum' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
callosal - cerebral hemisphere - indusium - left brain - limbic system - pineal gland - right brain - split-brain

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