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forebrain [fawr-breyn, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun 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.
Origin of forebrain First recorded in 1875–80; fore- + brain Examples from the Web for forebrain Historical Examples of forebrain
Autopsies on imbeciles show an infantile development of the forebrain.
Austin Malley
The molecules mingle with the molecules of serum: In seconds they are washed against the cell-walls of the forebrain.
C.M. Kornbluth
He jerked his mind away suddenly from the thoughts which had crowded into his forebrain.
Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for forebrain forebrain noun
- the nontechnical name for prosencephalon
forebrain in Medicine forebrain [fôr′brān′] n.
- The prosencephalon.
forebrain in Science forebrain [fôr′brān′]
- The forwardmost part of the vertebrate brain. In humans, it consists of the thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the cerebrum. Compare hindbrain midbrain.