forebrain
/fawr-breyn, fohr-/US // ˈfɔrˌbreɪn, ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfɔːˌbreɪn) //
前脑,前脑部,前大脑,前脑部的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Anatomy.
- : Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- : the telencephalon.
Examples
The molecules mingle with the molecules of serum: In seconds they are washed against the cell-walls of the forebrain.
He jerked his mind away suddenly from the thoughts which had crowded into his forebrain.
Autopsies on imbeciles show an infantile development of the forebrain.
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