Term: callosotomy: severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
Candidate hypernym: psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems → 1
Candidate hypernym: marmot: stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter → 0
Candidate hypernym: epiphenomenon: a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon → 0
Candidate hypernym: bighorn: wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns → 0
Candidate hypernym: jump seat: a folding seat in an automobile → 0
Candidate hypernym: mass spectrum: a distribution of ions as shown by a mass spectrograph or a mass spectrometer → 0
Candidate hypernym: damper: a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace → 0
Candidate hypernym: bug: a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine → 0
Candidate hypernym: episode: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus lychnis: genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly → 0
Candidate hypernym: anglomania: an excessive enthusiasm for all things English → 0