temporal lobe

What does temporal lobe mean?

temporal lobe means "that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head".

What is another word for temporal lobe?

Close synonyms include temporal cortex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is temporal lobe a common word?

temporal lobe 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for temporal lobe come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.