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telencephalon

/ˌtɛlənˈsɛfələn/

telencephalon noun: the anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.

telencephalon: the anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain
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Noun

telencephalon (plural telencephalons or telencephala)

  1. The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.
    Synonyms:
    cerebrum, endbrain

telencephalon meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Indonesian

telencephalon in Tamil

பெருமூளையின் இரு அரைக் கோளங்கள், தொலைமூளை, மூளையின் கடைப்பகுதி

telencephalon in Bengali

অগ্র মস্তিষ্কের সামনের অংশ, শেষমস্তিষ্ক

telencephalon in Gujarati

the anterior part of the forebrain
અંત્યમસ્તિષ્ક antyamastiṣk

telencephalon in Indonesian

the anterior part of the forebrain
otak depan

Synonyms of telencephalon

Forms of telencephalon

pluraltelencephalons
pluraltelencephala

Origin of telencephalon

From tel- + encephalon, from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) + Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos).

Words formed from telencephalon

Questions about telencephalon

What does telencephalon mean?
Telencephalon means the anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.
What is telencephalon in Tamil?
Telencephalon in Tamil is பெருமூளையின் இரு அரைக் கோளங்கள், தொலைமூளை, மூளையின் கடைப்பகுதி. See Telencephalon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telencephalon?
Telencephalon is a noun.
How do you pronounce telencephalon?
Telencephalon is pronounced /ˌtɛlənˈsɛfələn/.
What is the plural of telencephalon?
The plural of telencephalon is telencephalons.

Words near telencephalon in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telencephalon (page history and authors); telencephalon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); telencephalon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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