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FRONTAL AREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frontal area mean?
• FRONTAL AREA (noun)
The noun FRONTAL AREA has 1 sense:
1. the cortex of the frontal lobe
Familiarity information: FRONTAL AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cortex of the frontal lobe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
frontal area; frontal cortex
Hypernyms ("frontal area" is a kind of...):
cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)
Holonyms ("frontal area" is a part of...):
frontal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead)
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