frontal lobe
nounUS /fɹʌntəl lɔʊːb/
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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:
- Synonyms
- frontal lobe
- Hypernyms
- lobe
- Holonyms
- telencephalon, brain
- Meronyms
- prefrontal cortex