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Definition: Prosencephalon |
ProsencephalonNoun1. The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Prosencephalon \Pros`en*ceph"a*lon\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression toward, near to English encephalon.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The part of the brain developed from the most rostral of the three primary vesicles of the embryonic neural tube and consisting of the diencephalon and telencephalon. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ProsencephalonSynonym: forebrain (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prosencephalon |
| English words defined with "prosencephalon": Procerebrum, Procoele, Prosencephalic, Prosocoele. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Holoprosencephaly is a disorder caused by the failure of the prosencephalon (the forebrain of the embryo) to divide to form bilateral cerebral hemispheres, causing defects in the development of the face and in brain structure and function. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "prosencephalon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | prosencephalon, forhjernen (anterior cerebrum), forhjerne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prosencephalon, pro-encephalon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | prosencéphale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Prosencephalon, Vorderhirn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | προεγκέφαλος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | prosencefalo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osencephalonpray prosencéfalo. (various references) prosencéfalo, cerebro anterior. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "prosencephalon" (pronounced 'Pros`en*ceph"a*lon'): Abutilon, Aquilon, Bellon, Billon, Bouillon, Bullon, Carillon, Cephalon, Chalon, Coilon, Confalon, Decathlon, Erythroxylon, Haematoxylon, Mamelon, Merlon, mesencephalon, Mesocephalon, mesocolon, metencephalon, Moellon, Monoxylon, Mouflon, Muflon, Myelencephalon, Myelon, Myroxylon, Orillon, Paillon, Phylon, Pilon, Postencephalon, Propylon, rhinencephalon, semicolon, shallon, Sideroxylon, Sillon, solon, Stallon, stolon, upsilon, Vellon. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-l-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: anchorpeople. | |
-4 letters: alpenhorns, channelers, chaperones, encephalon, necropoles, nephoscope, olecranons, rechannels. | |
-5 letters: alpenhorn, anopheles, canephors, channeler, chaperone, chaperons, copperahs, cornpones, earphones, enhancers, napoleons, nonheroes, nonspeech, noosphere, olecranon, penoncels, personnel, poechores, precleans, preplaces, preschool, propenols, rechannel, resonance. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-l-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+4 letters: pentachlorophenols. | |
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