occipital gyrus

1. 1.

   any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

   Broadergyrus

   Part ofoccipital lobe

Questions about occipital gyrus

What does occipital gyrus mean?

occipital gyrus means "any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum".

Is occipital gyrus a common word?

occipital gyrus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.