"left brain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: left brains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} left brain (plural left brains)
  1. The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation. Derived forms: left-brained Coordinate_terms: right brain
    Sense id: en-left_brain-en-noun-QXIL9wQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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