PARIETAL GYRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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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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