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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prosencephalon \Pros`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? toward,
near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.]
(Anat.)
a The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum
and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.
b The cerebrum. --Huxley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prosencephalon
n : the anterior portion of the brain [syn: {forebrain}]
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