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fore·brain
(fôr′brān′)n.
1. The most anterior of the three primary regions of the embryonic brain from which the telencephalon and diencephalon develop.
2. The segment of the adult brain that develops from the embryonic forebrain and includes the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
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forebrain
(ˈfɔːˌbreɪn)n
(Anatomy) the nontechnical name for prosencephalon
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fore•brain
(ˈfɔrˌbreɪn, ˈfoʊr-)n.
1. Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three embryonic divisions of the vertebrate brain, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
2. telencephalon.
[1875–80]
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fore·brain
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forebrain
The front part of the brain comprising the diencephalon and telencephalon.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system cerebral peduncle, peduncle - a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord corpus callosum - a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres telencephalon - the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon |
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forebrain
n → Vorderhirn nt
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fore·brain
n. prosencéfalo, porción anterior de la vesícula primaria cerebral de donde se desarrollan el diencéfalo y el telencéfalo.
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