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frontal lobes

frontal lobes is the plural of frontal lobe.

Meaning of frontal lobe

Noun

frontal lobe (plural frontal lobes)

  1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.
    • The frontal lobe is the seat of the higher functions of the brain — reasoning, forethought, problem-solving, emotional control, and so on.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 61

Questions about frontal lobes

What is frontal lobes the plural of?
Frontal lobes is the plural of frontal lobe.

Words near frontal lobes in the dictionary

  1. frontal collisions
  2. frontal eminence
  3. frontal eminences
  4. frontal lobe
  5. frontal lobeless
  6. frontal lobes
  7. frontal nerve
  8. frontal nerves
  9. frontal nudity
  10. frontal plane
  11. frontal planes

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