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PARIETAL GYRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parietal gyrus mean?
• PARIETAL GYRUS (noun)
The noun PARIETAL GYRUS has 1 sense:
1. any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum
Familiarity information: PARIETAL GYRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("parietal gyrus" is a kind of...):
convolution; gyrus (a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain)
Holonyms ("parietal gyrus" is a part of...):
parietal cortex; parietal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head)
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