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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The division of each hemisphere of the brain that lies beneath each parietal bone.
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- noun anatomy One of the four major divisions of the
cerebrum of thebrain .
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- noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head
Etymologies
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From Latin paries 'walls of a house'
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