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frontal cortex

noun
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead [syn: frontal lobe
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frontal cortex n.
The cortex of the frontal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere. Also called frontal area, prefrontal area.

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