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PARALLEL FISSURE

\pˈaɹəlˌɛl fˈɪʃə], \pˈaɹəlˌɛl fˈɪʃə], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_l_ˌɛ_l f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of PARALLEL FISSURE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A constant f. of the temporal lobe which has a general direction parallel to the sylvian f. It separates the superior from the middle temporosphenoidal convolution.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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