corpus cal|lo|sum

corpus cal|lo|sum
corpus cal|lo|sum «kuh LOH suhm», plural corpora cal|losa.
the transverse band of nerve fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres in man and other mammals: »

... the functions of the corpus callosum, that immense band of fibres, nearly 200 million in number, which connected the two cerebral hemispheres (London Times).

[< New Latin corpus callosum callous body]

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