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transhemispheric en · ADJ

Etymology

From trans- + hemispheric.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Across the hemispheres (of the brain)
    • A stroke has not only a detrimental effect on the directly affected tissue, but it can also impact more distant regions and to some extent even the contralateral hemisphere, causing a transhemispheric diaschisis [1, 2 ]. 2015 September 15, “A Small Motor Cortex Lesion Abolished Ocular Dominance Plasticity in the Adult Mouse Primary Visual Cortex and Impaired Experience-Dependent Visual Improvements”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: