PARIETO-OCCIPITAL FISSURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres

Synonyms:

parieto-occipital fissure; parieto-occipital sulcus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("parieto-occipital fissure" 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)

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