1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head; [syn: parietal lobe, parietal cortex]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
parietal cortex
n 1: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of
the brain lying below the crown of the head [syn: parietal
lobe, parietal cortex]