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Prosencephalon

Prosencephalon \Pros`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.)

  1. The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.

  2. The cerebrum.
    --Huxley.

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prosencephalon

n. (context neuroanatomy English) forebrain.

WordNet
prosencephalon

  1. n. the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube [syn: forebrain]

  2. [also: prosencephala (pl)]

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All this may therefore be referred to as the prosencephalon {pros'en-sef'uh-lon.