POSTCENTRAL GYRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postcentral gyrus mean? 

• POSTCENTRAL GYRUS (noun)
  The noun POSTCENTRAL GYRUS has 1 sense:

1. the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus

  Familiarity information: POSTCENTRAL GYRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTCENTRAL GYRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("postcentral gyrus" is a kind of...):

central gyrus (either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus)

Holonyms ("postcentral gyrus" is a part of...):

parietal cortex; parietal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head)