noun
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
• Syn: ↑frontal cortex
• Hypernyms: ↑lobe
• Part Holonyms: ↑cerebral cortex, ↑cerebral mantle, ↑pallium, ↑cortex
• Part Meronyms: ↑frontal gyrus, ↑precentral gyrus
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either of the two parts at the front of the brain that are concerned with behaviour, learning and personality
Useful english dictionary. 2012.