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Definition: Temporal Lobe |
Temporal LobeNoun1. That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Lower lateral part of the cerebral hemisphere. (references) |
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Crosswords: Temporal Lobe |
| English words defined with "temporal lobe": amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, anterior temporal artery, arteria temporalis anterior, arteria temporalis intermedia, arteria temporalis posterior, auditory center ♦ basal vein ♦ corpus amygdaloideum, corpus geniculatum mediale ♦ fissure of Sylvius ♦ intermediate temporal artery ♦ medial geniculate body ♦ posterior temporal artery ♦ temporal artery, temporal lobe epilepsy ♦ vena basalis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "temporal lobe": middle part of inferior parietal lobule. (references) |
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Screenplays | We still think the temporal lobe. (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty) | |
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Health | Temporal lobe epilepsy, or TLE, is the most common epilepsy syndrome with partial seizures. (references) | |
The symptoms of parietal lobe epilepsy closely resemble those of temporal lobe epilepsy or other syndromes. (references) | ||
The largest group of surgical candidates comprises patients with complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin. (references) | ||
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Expression using "temporal lobe": temporal lobe epilepsy. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
temporal lobe epilepsy | 88 |
temporal lobe | 46 |
temporal lobe seizure | 26 |
temporal lobe epilepsy symptom | 6 |
temporal lobe surgery | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "temporal lobe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | tindingelap, temporallap. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | lobus temporalis. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | lobe temporal. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Schlaefenlappen. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | lobo temporale. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 側 葉 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そくとうよう. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | emporaltay obelay lóbulo temporal. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: portabello, promotable. | |
-3 letters: allotrope, bolometer, tolerable. | |
-4 letters: atremble, balloter, ballroom, boltrope, martello, meltable, operable, portable, preallot, preamble, temporal. | |
-5 letters: beleapt, bleater, bloater, bloomer, blooper, boomlet, bromate, earlobe, empaler, labeler, lambert, marplot, metopae, morelle, morello, operate, parolee, petrale, pleater, potable, preboom, prelate, premeal, premolt, probate, problem, prolate, promote, rampole, reallot, rebloom, relabel, replate, retable, rollmop, rolltop, ropable, taproom, tearoom, temblor, tempera, templar, tollbar, tombola, tramell, trample, tremble, tremolo, trollop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6D 70 6F 72 61 6C 4C 6F 62 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001100 01101111 01100010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e m p o r a l   L o b e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006D 0070 006F 0072 0061 006C 004C 006F 0062 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471798281846778246816871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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