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perisylvian

UK/pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/US/pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/

perisylvian adjective: around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex.

Adjective

perisylvian (not comparable)

  1. Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex

Forms of perisylvian

alternative formperi-sylvian

Origin of perisylvian

From peri- + sylvian.

Words formed from perisylvian

Questions about perisylvian

What does perisylvian mean?
Perisylvian means around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex.
What part of speech is perisylvian?
Perisylvian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce perisylvian?
Perisylvian is pronounced /pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/ (UK).

Words near perisylvian in the dictionary

  1. peristylum
  2. Peristérion
  3. perisulcal
  4. perisurgical
  5. perisutural
  6. perisylvian
  7. perisylvian syndrome
  8. perisylvic
  9. perisymbiotic
  10. perisympathetic
  11. perisynaptic

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