vallecula sylvii

vallecula sylvii
\\-ˈsilvēˌī, -vēˌē\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: New Latin, literally, vallecula of Sylvius, after Franciscus Sylvius (Franz de la Boë) died 1672 German anatomist
: the depression in the brain in which the lateral fissure begins

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