visual cortex


visual cortex

noun

Definition of VISUAL CORTEX

: a sensory area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex receiving afferent nerve fibers concerned with vision —called also visual area

First Known Use of VISUAL CORTEX

1954

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