CALCARINE FISSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcarine fissure mean? 

• CALCARINE FISSURE (noun)
  The noun CALCARINE FISSURE has 1 sense:

1. a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

  Familiarity information: CALCARINE FISSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCARINE FISSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calcarine fissure; calcarine sulcus

Hypernyms ("calcarine fissure" is a kind of...):

sulcus ((anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain)

Holonyms ("calcarine fissure" is a part of...):

occipital cortex; occipital lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head)