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 | ||