Dictionary entry

Prosencephalon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pros′en‐ceph″a‐lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. Huxley.