prosencephalon
Pronunciation: pros′en-sef′ă-lon
Definition: The anterior primordial cerebral vesicle and the most rostral of the three primary brain vesicles of the embryonic neural tube; it subdivides to form the diencephalon and telencephalon.
Synonym(s): forebrain vesicle, forebrain, proencephalon
[G. prosō, forward, + enkephalos, brain]
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