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Sylvian fissure

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Sylvian fissure /ˈsɪlvɪən/

▶noun Anatomy a large diagonal fissure which separates off the temporal lobe of the brain.

– origin C19: named after the 17th-cent. Flemish anatomist François de la Boë Sylvius.

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