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prosencephalon


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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