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Noun: Sylvian fissure
  1. The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
    - fissure of Sylvius, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri

Type of: sulcus

Part of: cerebrum

Encyclopedia: Sylvian fissure