English noun: fissure of Sylvius | |||
| 1. | fissure of Sylvius (body) the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres | ||
| Synonyms | lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri, Sylvian fissure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sulcus | ||
| Part meronym | cerebrum | ||