English noun: occipital lobe | |||
1. | occipital lobe (body) that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head | ||
Synonyms | occipital cortex | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lobe | ||
Part holonym | area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17, calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus, first visual area, occipital gyrus, striate area, striate cortex | ||
Part meronym | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium | ||