"prefrontal" meaning in English

See prefrontal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹiːˈfɹʌn.təl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [pɹiːˈfɹʌn.tɫ̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiˈfɹʌn.təl/ [Canada, General-American], [pɹiˈfɹʌn.tɫ̩] [Canada, General-American] Forms: more prefrontal [comparative], most prefrontal [superlative], praefrontal [alternative]
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  1. Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe. Translations (of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe): prefrontaalinen (Finnish), prefrontaali- (Finnish), etuotsalohkon (Finnish), préfrontal (French), prefrontale (Italian), przedczołowy (Polish), префронта́льный (prefrontálʹnyj) (Russian), prefrontal (Spanish), ในสมองกลีบหน้าผากส่วนหน้า (Thai), префронта́льний (prefrontálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: medioprefrontal, mesoprefrontal, orbitoprefrontal, prefrontal cortex, prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontally

Noun

IPA: /pɹiːˈfɹʌn.təl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [pɹiːˈfɹʌn.tɫ̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiˈfɹʌn.təl/ [Canada, General-American], [pɹiˈfɹʌn.tɫ̩] [Canada, General-American] Forms: prefrontals [plural], praefrontal [alternative]
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  1. A prefrontal bone, scale, etc.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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