OCCIPITAL GYRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does occipital gyrus mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCIPITAL GYRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Holonyms ("occipital gyrus" 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)

 Context examples 

A horizontal groove on the lateral surface of the occipital lobe extending from the accessory lateral occipital sulci to the lunate sulcus that separates the superior occipital gyrus from the inferior occipital gyrus.

(Lateral-Occipital Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)