right hemisphere

1. 1.

   the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body

   Synonymsright brain

   Broaderhemisphere

Questions about right hemisphere

What does right hemisphere mean?

right hemisphere means "the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body".

What is another word for right hemisphere?

Close synonyms include right brain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is right hemisphere a common word?

right hemisphere is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.