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PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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Hypernyms ("parieto-occipital sulcus" 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)