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telencephalon /tel·en·ceph·a·lon/ (tel″en-sef´ah-lon) endbrain.
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 (tln-sf-ln, -ln)
n.
The anterior portion of the prosencephalon, constituting the cerebral hemispheres and composing with the diencephalon the prosencephalon. Also called endbrain.
telen·ce·phalic (-s-flk) 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 [tel″en-sef´ah-lon]
1. one of the two divisions of the prosencephalon, consisting of the cerebrum.
2. the anterior of the two vesicles formed by specialization of the prosencephalon in embryonic development. Called also endbrain. adj., adj telencephal´ic.
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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