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  • noun The largest and most anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere.

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  • noun anatomy one of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.

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  • noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead

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    November 24, 2008