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POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("postcentral gyrus" is a kind of...):
central gyrus (either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus)
Holonyms ("postcentral 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)