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Noun: temporal lobe
  1. That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head
    - temporal cortex

Derived forms: temporal lobes

Type of: lobe

Part of: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium

Encyclopedia: Temporal lobe