FRONTAL GYRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frontal gyrus mean? 

• FRONTAL GYRUS (noun)
  The noun FRONTAL GYRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum

  Familiarity information: FRONTAL GYRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRONTAL GYRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("frontal gyrus" is a kind of...):

convolution; gyrus (a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain)

Holonyms ("frontal gyrus" is a part of...):

frontal cortex; frontal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead)