telencephalon noun. [tɛlɛn'sɛf(ǝ)lɒn, -'kɛf-, ti:l-] L19.
[from TEL(E- + ENCEPHALON.]
Anatomy. The anterior part of the forebrain, consisting, in the adult brain, of the cerebral hemispheres and the anterior parts of the hypothalamus and third ventricle. Cf. DIENCEPHALON.

■ ,telence'phalic adjective E20.

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