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pseudosylvian

pseudosylvian adjective: describing an extension of the lateral sulcus on each hemisphere of the brain.

Adjective

pseudosylvian (not comparable)

  1. Describing an extension of the lateral sulcus on each hemisphere of the brain
    • The pseudosylvian sulcus is weakly present, and it is located just above the temporal fossa.2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pseudosylvian

From pseudo- + Sylvian.

Questions about pseudosylvian

What does pseudosylvian mean?
Pseudosylvian means describing an extension of the lateral sulcus on each hemisphere of the brain.
What part of speech is pseudosylvian?
Pseudosylvian is an adjective.

Words near pseudosylvian in the dictionary

  1. pseudosurface
  2. pseudosurfaces
  3. pseudosyllogism
  4. pseudosyllogisms
  5. pseudosyllogistic
  6. pseudosylvian
  7. pseudosymmetric
  8. pseudosymmetrical
  9. pseudosymmetrically
  10. pseudosymmetries
  11. pseudosymmetry

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