LATERAL CEREBRAL SULCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral cerebral sulcus mean? 

• LATERAL CEREBRAL SULCUS (noun)
  The noun LATERAL CEREBRAL SULCUS has 1 sense:

1. the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres

  Familiarity information: LATERAL CEREBRAL SULCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL CEREBRAL SULCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fissure of Sylvius; lateral cerebral sulcus; sulcus lateralis cerebri; Sylvian fissure

Hypernyms ("lateral cerebral sulcus" 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 ("lateral cerebral sulcus" is a part of...):

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

 Context examples 

The fissure of Sylvius, also known as the lateral cerebral sulcus, separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe.

(Fissure of Sylvius, NCI Thesaurus)