frontal : Idioms & Phrases
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Webster 1913
Frontal hammer ∨ helve
- a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head.
Webster 1913
frontal bone
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noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
forehead; os frontale.
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frontal cortex
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noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
frontal cortex.
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frontal eminence
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noun either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
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frontal gyrus
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noun any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum
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frontal lobe
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noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
frontal cortex.
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frontal lobotomy
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noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
leucotomy; leukotomy; prefrontal leucotomy; prefrontal leukotomy; prefrontal lobotomy; lobotomy.
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frontal sinus
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noun one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone
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frontal suture
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noun the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
sutura frontalis.