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sylvian fissures

sylvian fissures is the plural of sylvian fissure.

Meaning of sylvian fissure

Noun

sylvian fissure (plural sylvian fissures)

  1. A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.
    Synonyms:
    lateral sulcus

Noun capitalized: Sylvian fissures

Sylvian fissures

  1. (plural) plural of Sylvian fissure

Questions about sylvian fissures

What is sylvian fissures the plural of?
Sylvian fissures is the plural of sylvian fissure.
What part of speech is sylvian fissures?
Sylvian fissures is a noun.

Words near sylvian fissures in the dictionary

  1. Sylvia Plath effect
  2. sylvian
  3. Sylvian aqueduct
  4. Sylvian aqueducts
  5. sylvian fissure
  6. sylvian fissures
  7. Sylvian point
  8. Sylvian points
  9. Sylvian vein
  10. Sylvian veins
  11. Sylviana

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