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SPLIT BRAIN [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2007-09-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Informatics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- split brain
1, record 1, English, split%20brain
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A condition in which two servers in a cluster have lost communication with each other. 1, record 1, English, - split%20brain
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Each of the servers views itself as the master server in the cluster and tries to load all cluster resources. 1, record 1, English, - split%20brain
Record 1, Key term(s)
- split-brain
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Informatique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- déconnexion cérébrale
1, record 1, French, d%C3%A9connexion%20c%C3%A9r%C3%A9brale
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1993-11-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Neurosurgery
- Clinical Psychology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- split brain
1, record 2, English, split%20brain
correct, noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Technique in which two independently though not necessarily equally functioning cerebral hemispheres (of a patient with massive lesions of one hemisphere) have been created by surgical transection of the corpus callosum and other commissure. 2, record 2, English, - split%20brain
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Also applied to the brain itself, which has been divided by severing the corpus callosum. 2, record 2, English, - split%20brain
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Neurochirurgie
- Psychologie clinique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cerveau dédoublé
1, record 2, French, cerveau%20d%C3%A9doubl%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Intervention chirurgicale consistant à sectionner les fibres unissant les deux hémisphères cérébraux et en particulier le corps calleux. 2, record 2, French, - cerveau%20d%C3%A9doubl%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
à cerveau dédoublé : qualifie un individu dont on a sectionné les fibres nerveuses du corps calleux pour empêcher les deux hémisphères du cerveau d'échanger leurs informations. 3, record 2, French, - cerveau%20d%C3%A9doubl%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Chez le sujet à «cerveau dédoublé» («split-brain») dont les hémisphères ne peuvent échanger l'information, il existe deux reconstructions indépendantes. 1, record 2, French, - cerveau%20d%C3%A9doubl%C3%A9
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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