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forebrain /fore·brain/ (-brān) prosencephalon.
fore·brain (fôrbrn)
n.
The prosencephalon.
forebrain.
prosencephalon [pros″en-sef´ah-lon]
1. the portion of the brain developed from the anterior of the three primary brain vesicles in the early embryo, comprising the diencephalon and telencephalon.
2. the most anterior of the primary brain vesicles; called also forebrain.
forebrain
see prosencephalon.
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