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telencephalization

telencephalization noun: the evolutionary process by which cognitive functions which were regulated by lower nerve centers are progressively controlled, partially or entirely, by the cerebrum.

Noun

telencephalization (uncountable)

  1. The evolutionary process by which cognitive functions which were regulated by lower nerve centers are progressively controlled, partially or entirely, by the cerebrum.

Questions about telencephalization

What does telencephalization mean?
Telencephalization means the evolutionary process by which cognitive functions which were regulated by lower nerve centers are progressively controlled, partially or entirely, by the cerebrum.
What part of speech is telencephalization?
Telencephalization is a noun.

Words near telencephalization in the dictionary

  1. telempaths
  2. telempathy
  3. telencephala
  4. telencephalic
  5. telencephalisation
  6. telencephalization
  7. telencephalon
  8. telencephalonic
  9. telencephalons
  10. telenephrology
  11. telenergy

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