cerebrum
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1. anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | neural structure, |
| definition | : | a structure that is part of the nervous system (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | central sulcus, fissure of rolando, rolando's fissure, sulcus centralis, |
| definition | : | a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | fissure of sylvius, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri, sylvian fissure, |
| definition | : | the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | cerebral hemisphere, hemisphere, |
| definition | : | either half of the cerebrum (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium, |
| definition | : | the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | convolution, gyrus, |
| definition | : | a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | telencephalon, |
| definition | : | the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus (noun.body) |
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