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前頭葉 (zentouyou) Japanese meaning: frontal lobe | 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かかわる領りょう

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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.