prosencephalon

Noun

pros=en=ceph=a=lon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

prosencephalon(n = noun.body) forebrain - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube; Array

is a kind of neural structure

has parts: cerebral peduncle, peduncle, corpus callosum, telencephalon, betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon

is a part of brain, encephalon

prosencephalon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. toward, near to + E. encephalon.].

The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. Huxley. [1913 Webster]

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