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PARIETAL CORTEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head

Synonyms:

parietal cortex; parietal lobe

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("parietal cortex" is a kind of...):

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Meronyms (parts of "parietal cortex"):

parietal gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum)

postcentral gyrus (the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus)

Holonyms ("parietal cortex" is a part of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

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