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prefrontal

Syllabification: (pre·fron·tal)
Pronunciation: /prēˈfrəntl/
Definition of prefrontal

adjective

[attributive]
  • 1 Anatomy in or relating to the foremost part of the frontal lobe of the brain:the prefrontal cortex
  • 2 Zoology relating to or denoting a bone in front of the eye socket in some lower vertebrates (equivalent to part of the human ethmoid bone).

noun

Zoology
  • a prefrontal bone.

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