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parietoinsular

parietoinsular adjective: relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain.

Adjective

parietoinsular (not comparable)

  1. relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain
    • In ROI analyses, there were no volume differences in the middle occipital gyrus (region of V5/MT) or parietal operculum 2 (region of the parietoinsular vestibular cortex).2015 August 8, “Voxel Based Morphometry Alterations in Mal de Debarquement Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of parietoinsular

alternative formparieto-insular

Origin of parietoinsular

From parieto- + insular.

Questions about parietoinsular

What does parietoinsular mean?
Parietoinsular means relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain.
What part of speech is parietoinsular?
Parietoinsular is an adjective.

Words near parietoinsular in the dictionary

  1. parietoalveolar
  2. parietobasilar
  3. parietocentral
  4. parietocerebellar
  5. parietofrontal
  6. parietoinsular
  7. parietomastoid
  8. parietooccipital
  9. parietooccipitotemporal
  10. parietopontine
  11. parietopsin

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