telencephalon

English

Τelencephalon of an embryonic brain

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”); compare cephalic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛlənˈsɛfələn/
• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛlənˈsɛfəlɒn/

Noun

telencephalon (plural telencephalons or telencephala)

1. (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.

Synonyms

• cerebrum
• endbrain
• See also Thesaurus:telencephalon

Meronyms

• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebral cortex

Holonyms

• forebrain

Translations

the anterior part of the forebrain

• Catalan: telencèfal m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 端腦／端脑 (duānnǎo), 終腦／终脑 (zhōngnǎo)

• Esperanto: telencefalo
• Finnish: pääteaivot pl
• French: télencéphale (fr) m
• German: Großhirn (de) n
• Greek: τελικός εγκέφαλος m (telikós egkéfalos)
• Gujarati: અંત્યમસ્તિષ્ક (antyamastiṣk)
• Indonesian: otak depan (id)
• Polish: kresomózgowie n
• Spanish: telencéfalo m