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noun
The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: neural structure
History
From tel- + encephalon, from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) + Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos).
Across languages
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