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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube;
[syn: forebrain, prosencephalon]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prosencephalon \Pros`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prosencephalon n 1: the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube [syn: forebrain, prosencephalon]