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PREFRONTAL LOBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prefrontal lobe mean?
• PREFRONTAL LOBE (noun)
The noun PREFRONTAL LOBE has 1 sense:
1. the anterior part of the frontal lobe
Familiarity information: PREFRONTAL LOBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The anterior part of the frontal lobe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
prefrontal cortex; prefrontal lobe
Hypernyms ("prefrontal lobe" is a kind of...):
lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)
Holonyms ("prefrontal lobe" is a part of...):
cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)
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