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frontal lobe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈfɹʌnːl̩ lɔʊːb] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fɹʌntəl lɔʊːb/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.
    • The frontal lobe is the seat of the higher functions of the brain — reasoning, forethought, problem-solving, emotional control, and so on. 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 61:

Forms

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frontal lobes Number=Plur lexicographic

Holonyms

brain · telencephalon

Hypernyms

lobe

Meronyms

prefrontal cortex

Synonyms

frontal lobe

Translations (40)

ga maothán tosaigh (division of the cerebrum) · nl frontale hersenkwab (division of the cerebrum) · is ennisblað (division of the cerebrum) · he האונה המצחית (division of the cerebrum) · es lóbulo frontal (division of the cerebrum) · gl lobo frontal (division of the cerebrum) · ca lòbul frontal (division of the cerebrum) · gd lobe aghaidh (division of the cerebrum) · de Frontallappen (division of the cerebrum) · pl płat czołowy (division of the cerebrum) · fi frontaalilohko (division of the cerebrum) · et otsmikusagar (division of the cerebrum) · fi otsalohko (division of the cerebrum) · ru ло́бная до́ля (division of the cerebrum) · az alın payı (division of the cerebrum) · da frontallap (division of the cerebrum) · ko 전두엽 (division of the cerebrum) · cmn 額葉 /额叶 (division of the cerebrum) · ja 前頭葉 (division of the cerebrum) · no pannelapp (division of the cerebrum) · it lobo frontale (division of the cerebrum) · sv pannlob (division of the cerebrum) · kmr navçavepil (division of the cerebrum) · nl frontale kwab (division of the cerebrum) · vi thuỳ trán (division of the cerebrum) · tl utak-noo (division of the cerebrum) · ast lóbulu frontal (division of the cerebrum) · ur اگلا فص (division of the cerebrum) · pt lobo frontal (division of the cerebrum) · fa لوب پیشانی (division of the cerebrum) · yue 額葉 /额叶 (division of the cerebrum) · fr lobe frontal (division of the cerebrum) · hu homloklebeny (division of the cerebrum) · sv frontallob (division of the cerebrum) · ar فص جبهي (division of the cerebrum) · tr frontal lob (division of the cerebrum) · el μετωπιαίος λοβός (division of the cerebrum) · th กลีบหน้า (division of the cerebrum) · ro lob frontal (division of the cerebrum) · cs čelní lalok (division of the cerebrum)