Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fissure_of_sylvius

1 sense of fissure of sylvius

Sense 1
fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri -- (the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres)
       => sulcus -- ((anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain)