telencephalon /tel·en·ceph·a·lon/ (tel″en-sef´ah-lon) endbrain.
telencephalon
1. one of the two divisions of the prosencephalon, composing the cerebrum (q.v.).
2. the anterior of the two vesicles formed by specialization of the prosencephalon in embryonic development; from it the cerebral hemispheres are derived.telencephal´ic
tel·en·ceph·a·lon (t l n-sf  -l n, -ln)n. The anterior portion of the prosencephalon, constituting the cerebral hemispheres and composing with the diencephalon the prosencephalon. Also called endbrain. tel en·ce·phalic (-s-f l k) adj. |
telencephalon
[tel′ensef′əlon]
Etymology: Gk, telos, end, egekephalos, brain
the paired brain vesicles or endbrain from which the cerebral hemispheres are derived.
telencephalon
[Gr.] endbrain.
1. the paired brain vesicles, which are the anterolateral outpouchings of the forebrain, together with the median, unpaired portion, the terminal lamina of the hypothalamus; from it the cerebral hemispheres are derived.
2. the anterior of the two vesicles formed by specialization of the forebrain in embryonic development.
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