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Definition of: Sylvian fissure
(sil′vē·ən) Anat.
A deep fissure that separates the temporal lobe of the cerebrum from the parietal and frontal lobes. [<F sylvien, after François de la Boë Sylvius, 1614–72, Flemish anatomist]
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