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telencephalon

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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
[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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