English noun: prosencephalon | |||
1. | prosencephalon (body) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | ||
Synonyms | forebrain | ||
Broader (hypernym) | neural structure | ||
Part holonym | betweenbrain, cerebral peduncle, corpus callosum, diencephalon, interbrain, peduncle, telencephalon, thalmencephalon | ||
Part meronym | brain, encephalon | ||