parieto-occipital fissure

noun

pa·​ri·​e·​to-occipital fissure

pə¦rīətˌō+-

variants or parieto-occipital sulcus

: a fissure near the posterior end of each cerebral hemisphere separating the parietal and occipital lobes

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