disconnection syndrome
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dis·con·nec·tion syn·drome
general term for various neurologic disorders (for example, transcortical dysphasia) due to interruption of various association pathways located in either one cerebral hemisphere or linking both.
Psychiatry See Dissociative syndrome
disconnection syndrome
Neurology Hemispheric disconnection syndrome, see there Psychiatry Dissociative syndrome, see there.dis·con·nec·tion syn·drome
(dis-kŏ-nekshŭn sindrōm)General term for various neurologic disorders (e.g., transcortical dysphasia) due to interruption of various association pathways located in either one cerebral hemisphere or linking both.