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prefrontally

prefrontally adverb: in a prefrontal direction; in a prefrontal region.

Adverb

prefrontally (not comparable)

  1. In a prefrontal direction; in a prefrontal region
    • Such a progressive shift to prefrontally mediated executive processes may account for the increasing link between processing speed and myelin in anterior regions with advancing age.2015 October 7, “Myelination Is Associated with Processing Speed in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prefrontally

From prefrontal + -ly.

Questions about prefrontally

What does prefrontally mean?
Prefrontally means in a prefrontal direction; in a prefrontal region.
What part of speech is prefrontally?
Prefrontally is an adverb.

Words near prefrontally in the dictionary

  1. prefricative
  2. prefriendship
  3. prefrons
  4. prefrontal
  5. prefrontal cortex
  6. prefrontally
  7. prefrontals
  8. prefrontocortical
  9. prefrontostriatal
  10. prefrosh
  11. prefroze

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