OCCIPITAL GYRUS

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Meaning:

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

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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)