"right brain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: right brains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} right brain (plural right brains)
  1. The right cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with creativity. Derived forms: right-brained, right-brainer Coordinate_terms: left brain Translations (right cerebral hemisphere): oikea aivopuolisko (Finnish), hémisphère droit [masculine] (French), cerveau droit [masculine] (French), 右脳 (unō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-right_brain-en-noun-8Hd87-4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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