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PROSENCEPHALON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: prosencephala   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube

Synonyms:

forebrain; prosencephalon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("prosencephalon" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "prosencephalon"):

cerebral peduncle; peduncle (a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain)

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)

Holonyms ("prosencephalon" is a part of...):

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)

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