Definitions
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- noun The posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, having the shape of a three-sided pyramid and containing the visual center of the brain.
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- noun anatomy one of the four major divisions of the
cerebrum of thebrain , located at the back of the head
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- noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head
Etymologies
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from Latin occiput 'back of the head'
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garyth123 commented on the word occipital lobe
the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex.
occipital lobe at the Wikipedia.
December 4, 2008