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前頭葉 (ぜんとうよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

前ぜん頭とう葉よう

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Meanings

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frontal lobe

Anatomical term for the front part of the brain's cerebral cortex.

前ぜん頭とう葉ようは思し考こうや判はん断だんに関

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わる

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The frontal lobe is the region involved in thinking and judgment.

Kanji

前in front, before
頭head, counter for large animals
葉leaf, plane, lobe

Word family

前ぜん頭とう葉よう白はく質しつ切せっ截せつ術じゅつ
lobotomy; leucotomy; frontal lobotomy

Built from

前ぜん頭とう+葉よう

Etymology

From 前頭 (frontal head) + 葉 (lobe), a calque of the Western anatomical term.