Etymology

telencephalon

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Today it means: The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐγκέφαλος
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλος
  3. English todaytelencephalon

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτέλος all →

telostelophaseteleophobiatelestialtelestichtelishtelishmenttelo-telocoeltelokintelomertelotroch

Ancient Greekἐγκέφαλος all →

enkephalinencephalo-encephalon

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