TELENCEPHALON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telencephalon mean? 

• TELENCEPHALON (noun)
  The noun TELENCEPHALON has 1 sense:

1. the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus

  Familiarity information: TELENCEPHALON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELENCEPHALON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("telencephalon" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "telencephalon"):

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

Holonyms ("telencephalon" is a part of...):

forebrain; prosencephalon (the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in transcriptional repression and may play a role in the development of the brain and telencephalon.

(FOXG1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)