English noun: parietal cortex | |||
1. | parietal cortex (body) that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head | ||
Synonyms | parietal lobe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lobe | ||
Part holonym | parietal gyrus, postcentral gyrus | ||
Part meronym | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium | ||