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presylvian

presylvian adjective: anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain.

Adjective

presylvian (not comparable)

  1. Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain

Origin of presylvian

From pre- + sylvian.

Questions about presylvian

What does presylvian mean?
Presylvian means anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain.
What part of speech is presylvian?
Presylvian is an adjective.

Words near presylvian in the dictionary

  1. preswing
  2. preswirl
  3. preswirls
  4. preswollen
  5. presyllabic
  6. presylvian
  7. presymbiosis
  8. presymbiotic
  9. presymbolic
  10. presymmetry
  11. presympathetic

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