Prosencephalon

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The forebrain.

    "Holonym: encephalon"

  2. 2
    the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube wordnet

Etymology

From proso- + encephalon. proso- is from Ancient Greek πρόσω (prósō).

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