Sylvian fissure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sylvian fissure
1870–75; named after Sylvius, Latinized form of Jacques Dubois (died 1555), French anatomist; -an
Example Sentences
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Tracey described the insula, an elongated ridge nestled deep within the Sylvian fissure, with affection.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018
Inside Officer Loor’s head, Dr. Bederson saw that the knife had sliced through the vein in the Sylvian fissure, which contains crucial blood vessels.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2012
Not only was Einstein's inferior parietal region unusually bulky, the scientists found, but a feature called the Sylvian fissure was much smaller than average.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gutter fracture crossing the outer aspect of the frontal lobe, immediately above the level of the right Sylvian fissure.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
Besides this there is a concealed and isolated lobe, described on account of its situation as an island, which is covered from view by the overlapping of the two sides of the Sylvian fissure.
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Calderwood, Henry
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